Yep. The word Palm is used as a Trademark. It's like if you started a soft
drink company and called your drink Coke, or write a text editor and call it
Word. Same concept. This is mostly done to keep every company that makes a
handheld device from calling it a Palm.
Same thing goes with Band-aid. That's what most people call adhesive
bandages, but Band-aid is protected and no other company can call their
adhesive bandages "Band-aids".
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Mozolevsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: Can Palm Inc own the word "Palm" ?
>
>
> --On 10 July 2001 15:14 +0100 James Screech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone else had an e-mail from Palm threatening legal action if you
> > use the word "Palm" in the name of your software?
>
> Nope...
>
> > Is this just a bluff, or can they actually 'own' a word that has been in
> > general use in the English language for centuries?
>
> They cannot nor do they own word 'palm' however spelled. They do, however,
> own exlusive rights to use it commercially. This means that you cannot use
> word 'palm' to generate source of income or for advertising, or something
> like that... I don't see that it would be illegal for a program to be
> called "PalmAPP", there are arguements for both sides here. It would,
> however, be illegal to have a program that is called "Palm App".
>
> Read the actual trademark definition... If you want to see bizzare
> trademarks go to McDonnalds' website...
>
>
> IM :-)
>
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