Trademark law is strange. Same name for same type of product buys you trouble. I just trademarked Little Plugs for a line of small, extremely memory efficient audio plugins, if you need some pointers...
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, I thought about that. My understanding is that "Rose" itself is a > common word and not trademark-able, per the ruling against Microsoft re: > "Windows". I checked RoseCMS and didn't see it anywhere, and I own > rosecms.org, have for months, and no one has complained. > > Still, I'm not tied to RoseCMS or Rose anything. The CMS itself is a > relatively basic implementation at this point. Flushing it out will be a > branch of ongoing development on the platform. If the name changes along the > way, great. > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> You might get away with calling it Rose Canyon but any computer >> software called RoseCMS or RosePlatform is gonna have trademark >> problems with the makers of Radical Rose. >> >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I don't have a name for it yet. I started with RoseCMS (actually Rose >> > Canyon, which is the canyon behind my house), but this is not a CMS, it's >> an >> > application platform. RoseCMS is a small open-source CMS that is an >> > implementation of the platform, but I see the platform as something >> > separate. >> > >> > Thoughts? >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289827 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
