Brian is correct. If you go to these sites you will see there exact
requirements and methods that Palm allows you to use to protect their
trademark. It is very specific as Brian has noted before. If you follow
these rules, Palm claims they will not consider your actions an
infringement. If you are really worried (paranoid to the extreme), go print
them out and put them in a file for your lawyer to refer to when they come
to get you ;>}
They do specifically discuss the www.palmJUNKandSTUFF.com and MyApp for Palm
OS, etc.
http://www.palm.com/about/trademark.html and
http://www.palmos.com/alliance/marketing/marcom/marcom.pdf
I think this horse is dead.
Gary Gorsline
Easy Business Software
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Mathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: Can Palm Inc own the word "Palm" ?
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, HowY wrote:
> > The way PLAM (spelling to avoid lawyers) has been doing business
> > lately it's no surprise that they further alienate their developers.
> >
> > Can't wait to see who win's the KODucK wars with the PLAMPIX camera...
> > koduck has the bucks! Oh and a signed agreement with plam.
> >
> > So supposing one would actually read every word of any EULA would we
> > even boot-up?!
> >
> > I understand why plam has such a policy and suppose that now in their
> > dire time of need, going after the 20.00 dollar per .prc programmer
> > will fill the coffers since they can't make their monetary projections
> > on devices sittin' in the wherehouse.
> >
> > With the class action IPO fiasco the plam lawyers will be plenty buisy
> > with the SEC for awhile anyway....
>
>
> OK, sorry, but you're being a total idiot here.
>
> Trademarks have *nothing* do to with any kind of licensing fees, patents,
> alienating developers, or anything other than protecting their brand.
>
> I don't even want to get started on the "I'm-a-developer-and-Palm-owes-me-
>
the-world-because-I-made-them-what-they-are-today-and-any-time-they-try-to-
> exert-themselves-as-a-company-instead-of-giving-me-everything-I-want-for-
> free-I'm-going-to-switch-to-XXX-handheld-platform-instead-because-its-
> better-anyway" statements.
>
> The bottom line is that Palm Inc. can do whatever they want with their
> trademarks, including letting some people use it, but you need to get
> permission from them first. There are no hard and fast rules as to who
> gets this privilege, it's all dependent on business.
>
> --
> Brian Mathis
> Direct Edge
> http://www.directedge.com
>
>
>
>
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