Re: Question about "UNIX" in product name
From: Erik Max Francis (max@alcyone.com)
Date: 04/21/03
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 22:20:59 -0700 From: Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com>
Shareware author wrote:
> I plan to write some software for Unix/Linux systems. I think about
> the
> name, how do you think, is it legally ok, if I use word "UNIX" in
> product
> name. For examlpe: "UNIX for you" or "Friendly UNIX". I know that UNIX
> is
> trademark, but I dont know if I allowed to use it in such word
> combinations.
If it meant something else than the trademark, possibly, but I'd
seriously doubt it and it'd take a lawyer to find out the answer for
sure. But as you intend it -- as a reference to the existing trademark
-- I can't imagine that it wouldn't be trademark infringement. Hire a
lawyer to be sure.
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