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Re: Name of front-end

From: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>
To: Laurent GUERBY <laurent at guerby dot net>
Cc: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>,Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, pkoning at equallogic dot com,gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:00:08 -0500
Subject: Re: Name of front-end
References: <10312081632.AA11626@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <3FD4AD1A.3070408@gnat.com> <16340.46498.241928.977386@cuddles.cambridge.redhat.com> <3FD509C3.3030708@gnat.com> <1070927264.8102.120.camel@pc>

Laurent GUERBY wrote:

On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 00:31, Robert Dewar wrote:
Umm, I don't think you need a lawyer to tell you that it a name is
not trademarked, then using it will not be a trademark infringement :-)
Sure, ask the MobiliX folks. MobiliX is not trademarked, Asterix and Obelix are, since the words are "close enough" German courts ruled that they were violating the existing trademarks.


Indeed the german courts are rather notorious here. My comments are
strictly with respect to US case law :-)

References:
- Re: Name of front-end
  - From: Richard Kenner
- Re: Name of front-end
  - From: Robert Dewar
- Re: Name of front-end
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: Name of front-end
  - From: Robert Dewar
- Re: Name of front-end
  - From: Laurent GUERBY

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