Re: Trademark Infringement

[written_by -at- juno -dot- com]

> I understand trademark to provide protection against palming off. 
> Rough
> example: If I was to sell a product named "Palm Salad Dressing," 
> Palm
> computer would have no more right to object than Microsoft would if 
> I was to
> set up a building maintenance company with the slogan "We Do 
> Windows." 

Concerning your Palm analogy. Palm did in fact get into it with a pen
company. I seem to recall that it was the Pilot Pen Company.

-- Bob
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." --Groucho Marx

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