Re: Name of front-end

[Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>]

On Dec 8, 2003, at 6:31 PM, Robert Dewar wrote:

> Andrew Haley wrote:
>
> > Robert Dewar writes:
> >  > If you google on PL/I you will find zillions of references from 
> > third
> >  > parties with no hint of a trademark, so I think you can safetly 
> > talk
> >  > about GNU PL/1 without worrying!
> > Trademark law is complex, I strongly advise against anyone giving
> > amateur legal opinions in this area :-)
>
> 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 :-)

Remember, just because it's not a *registered* trademark, doesn't make 
it not a trademark. You simply have to use it in trade for it to be a 
trademark. Though of course, registration gives you benefits. In the 
US, anyway.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/register.htm

(The PTO, BTW, has the most worthless website on the planet. They made 
it look nicer recently, but didn't make any information easier to 
access. Zen and the art of redesigning government websites, i guess).