RE: what's in a name

[julian_satran@il.ibm.com]

I asked around - and since we have here one person that has a PhD in CS and
a Law Degree - and he claims that as long as we use the any sequence of
words not in the context of an advertisement or other product reference
(e.g., within the standard we are not required to say anything about the TM
- and that applies also to
the Virtual Private SAN as it is a sequence of words and has a technical
meaning).

If the organization that owns the TM doesn't like it - they may choose to
go to court - and there is a good chance (if the word sequence has a
specific
meaning and is understood in the technical circles without regard to the TM
and prior to the TM) that they will loose the TM.

In any case let's not loose too much sleep on this!

Julo

"Don Woelz" <don@genroco.com> on 29/08/2000 23:52:28

Please respond to "Don Woelz" <don@genroco.com>

To:   Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL
cc:
Subject:  RE: what's in a name




> Isn't there anything in the rules for giving TM names that forbids use of
> public names? Can somebody ask a TM for TCP?

Julian,

If you are refering to their TM on iSCSI, if they had prior use and a TM
before you started using it, then they own it.

Don

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