Re: Renaming Proposal

2001-07-19 Thread Jim LoVerde
OK, again based on what I have read in layman terms, if that is the meat of their argument, then it looks like they are basing their claims on the generic terms of "dilution" of their trademark. Which basically means that they feel they have invested significant effort into developing the name

Re: Renaming Proposal

2001-07-19 Thread Jim LoVerde
ant. The whole point is to avoid anything beyond the exchange of viewpoints and hopefully an eventual compromise.) ArgghhI've really got to get back to investigation all of the new "features" in VisualAge and WebSphere 4.0 Jim LoVerde wrote: OK, again based on what I have read in lay

Re: Renaming Proposal

2001-07-18 Thread Jim LoVerde
any future trademarking is irrelevant due to common law). Otherwise, they could submit an ITU trademark registration for the new name prior to that decision. Rick Leir wrote: Jim LoVerde wrote: I guess what I'm saying it that depending on the verbage of the letter, it may still be possible

Re: Can A Freeware Name Be Trademarked?

2001-07-17 Thread Jim LoVerde
Actually, I found a site with quite a bit of information on Trademarks and Copyrights (of course, I can't vouch for the accuracy). It is http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/faqs/tc_ency.html. With regard to commerce, it appears that there is no requirement to actually sell a product using a

Re: Name change

2001-07-16 Thread Jim LoVerde
As infuriating as this is, I'd like to remind everyone to be cordial with regard to any feedback to JD Edwards. It would seem to be allright to send something along the lines of I am unhappy with your decision to pursue trademark litigation with the Java Development Environment over the JDE