Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-31 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered it. Tim [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game) [2] 

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-30 Thread Luke Faraone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/30/2010 01:09 AM, Tim McNamara wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered it. They have: Atari, Breakout, computer game programs and

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-30 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 01:09, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered it. And though IANAL, I recall from a previous exploration that names that are

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-30 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Kevin Cole kjc...@dc.sugarlabs.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 01:09, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-30 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Kevin Cole kjc...@dc.sugarlabs.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 01:09, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] Yes. So we need to

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-30 Thread Kevin Cole
Off the top of my head... * Bounce Through (Bounce Thru) * Tear Down the Wall -- though that immediately conjures up We don't need no education ;-) * Eureka -- as in I've just had a break through * Deconstruct -- deconstructionism? ;-) * Wrecking Ball * Knock Down

[IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-29 Thread Tim McNamara
Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered it. Tim [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game) [2] http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4235