Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered it. Tim [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game) [2] http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4235 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep I've moved the activity into the sandbox pending the maintainer changing the name. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/30/2010 01:09 AM, Tim McNamara wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered it. They have: Atari, Breakout, computer game programs and video game cartridges http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serialentry=76062330 - -- Luke Faraone http://luke.faraone.cc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkxS2cwACgkQtrC51grHAgaZpwCffIptr56vBPomrRme+8rIWyOi l9YAoJQFpUYrNfrq1qqUczNvWVibhdlb =5Qmj -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 01:09, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered it. And though IANAL, I recall from a previous exploration that names that are similar are found to be infringing, unless they are being applied to very different animals. For example, if I have a hardware store and name it McDonald's, I'm not competing with a company that sells fast food. I win: I'm not in violation. However, if I have a game that looks, tastes and smells like Breakout and bears the strikingly similar name Break Out... Bzzzt. I lose. -- Kevin Cole Sugar Labs DC Washington, DC ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Kevin Cole kjc...@dc.sugarlabs.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 01:09, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] I haven't checked the USPTO's database, but I'm fairly certain that Atari would have registered it. And though IANAL, I recall from a previous exploration that names that are similar are found to be infringing, unless they are being applied to very different animals. For example, if I have a hardware store and name it McDonald's, I'm not competing with a company that sells fast food. I win: I'm not in violation. However, if I have a game that looks, tastes and smells like Breakout and bears the strikingly similar name Break Out... Bzzzt. I lose. -- Kevin Cole Sugar Labs DC Washington, DC ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep Yes. So we need to get the name changed on that activity. Any new name suggestions? -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Kevin Cole kjc...@dc.sugarlabs.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 01:09, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: Compare Breakout[1] with Break Out[2] Yes. So we need to get the name changed on that activity. Any new name suggestions? Breakout Clone? ;-) Seriously, Block Kuzushi seems to be a fairly common name for these. (Or Block Destruction if you want to go all English-centric.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_clone --scott -- ( http://cscott.net/ ) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer
Off the top of my head... * Bounce Through (Bounce Thru) * Tear Down the Wall -- though that immediately conjures up We don't need no education ;-) * Eureka -- as in I've just had a break through * Deconstruct -- deconstructionism? ;-) * Wrecking Ball * Knock Down ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
