On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 08:22:32AM -0400, Jeff Kinz wrote: > I could trademark the name "fedora" to use with my new special kite > design. As long as it doesn't cause confusion with any existing trademark > used of "fedora" its allowable. I'm not a lawyer, but as I understand it, it's more specific than that -- there's 45 classes of goods and services, and the same trademark can be in different categories without clashing, but not within the same one: <http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/tmfaq.htm#Application018> (Unless the trademark is "famous", in which case it's good across all classes. Hence, no "Coca Cola Linux".) -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
