Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!ut-sally!utah-cs!utah-gr!spline!thomas From: thomas@spline.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Juggler... Message-ID: <1999@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 11:47:56 EST Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1999 Posted: Thu Apr 23 11:47:56 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 05:19:04 EST References: <49@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu> <256@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> Sender: news@utah-gr.UUCP Reply-To: thomas%spline.UUCP@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Distribution: world Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept Lines: 20 Keywords: Juggler In article <256@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> ali@rocky.UUCP (Ali Ozer) writes: >BTW, "Juggler" is the name of the ray-traced, 4096-color >character that juggles three transparent spheres on the Amiga. > ... I wonder if Eric Graham (the creator of the Juggler) >has a copyright on that name? I wonder if Apple can be sued? Hmm... 8-) Probably not. It would have to be a trademark, not a copyright (you can't copyright a word, but you can copyright a particular rendition of it, if it's original enough). A trademark can only be violated by something that is "close enough" to the original for confusion. Thus, if I trademark my "fooflish" running shoes, and you come out with a "fooflish" stereo system, there is probably no trademark violation. Of course, if you have a paranoid legal department... Besides, Apple has not announced a *product* called Juggler - who knows what it will be named when it actually comes out. =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@cs.utah.edu)