Re: Facespan and Mac OS X
Re: Facespan and Mac OS X
- Subject: Re: Facespan and Mac OS X
- From: Paul Skinner <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:07:02 -0500
On Thursday, November 15, 2001, at 06:51 AM, Bill Cheeseman wrote:
Trademark law is a strange beast.
Can I publish a web site called "AppleScript Sourcebook"? Sure. It isn't
software, and the title is always used with both words so it is
obviously a
publication about AppleScript, not AppleScript itself. Ditto for books
like
"AppleScript in a Nutshell," "AppleScript for Dummies," and so on, even
if
they include CDs containing software. There is no possibility of
confusion
that might cause somebody to buy the book when they meant to buy the
software.
Can somebody publish a software product called "AppleScript Helper" or
"FaceSpan for AppleScript"? I should think so. But "AppleScripter" or
"Visual AppleScripter"? -- that cuts it pretty close, and Apple would
surely
sue. It is a fact of life that getting sued is as bad as losing, if
you're a
small company.
It's all a matter of judgment,
Or