Roy, how do you think about the name MINA? I think you saw the question I posted a couple of days ago. I need your advice, too. :)
Thanks in advance. Trustin On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:29:19 -0800, Roy T. Fielding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Niclas Hedhman wrote: > >> Janus is "God of Gates and Doorways" and a moon of Saturn was named > >> after him in 1966. > >> http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sat_Janus > >> > >> The sited web page is about arbitration of a domain name and to > >> regain control of such domain name. Janus Capital Group does not seem > >> to go after every use of Janus, so it is not a matter of trademark > >> issue; > >> http://www.janus-software.com/ > >> http://www-odp.tamu.edu/database/ > >> http://www.janus-eu.org/Temp2/index-f.htm > >> http://www.janusassociates.com/ > >> http://www.janusdevelopment.com/ > > No, that is not how trademark law works. It doesn't matter how common > the > name may be -- what matters is whether the name is distinctive within a > given category of use (keeping in mind that these folks are on the > Internet > as well) such that they may have grounds for filing suit on the basis > of us > confusing their consumers. I didn't say that they would need to win > that suit. > > My point was that the Janus name, like those of all Greek/Roman gods, > is already being used by a dozen or so software projects, including some > open source ones, in addition to there being a wealthy litigation firm > concerned about use of the name on the Internet. > > Using Janus as a name for a new product is therefore unwise. > > ....Roy > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- what we call human nature is actually human habit -- http://gleamynode.net/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
