Turns out there are LOTS of VISTAs on the TM site. I understand that it has something to do with whether or not there is likely to be any confusion that, for instance, VistA a binoculars company is not the same as VistA a medical record program, or something like that.
In the logo, everything seems to be capitalized and the V and A are sort of Bold. When you look VistA up on the web site, all of the search VISTAs are in caps so that cap-non cap distinction is not how I found it. On Monday 27 February 2006 21:51, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: On 2/27/06, Stephen Hay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In any case, wasn't there something somewhere about > WorldVistA and Microsoft "discussing" this issue?? I have a hard time believing that there would be any equity in such a discussion. Another question, does anyone know if this stuff is case sensitive? If Windows is (TM), could I just call my product WindowS or WINDOWS? Or Macdonalds instead of MacDonalds? Or ToysRUS instead of ToysRUs. I bet the courts would feel that name encroachment base on just capitalization would not be justified. Likewise, I wonder if "VistA" can stand its ground as "different" from "Vista". I am guessing that Microsoft will get around this by always describing their product as "Microsoft Vista." Kevin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
