No discussion about VistA(tm) trademarks could be complete without this
citation:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=o4sg71.2.1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despair%2C_Inc.
Richard Schilling
Nancy Anthracite wrote:
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
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