On Sunday 08 May 2005 02:46 pm, Matthew Miller wrote: >>> snip > To me and you there isn't. To US trademark law, I don't think it's so > clear. Trademarks need to be unique within one of the 45 official > international classes of goods and services -- and class 42 is: > > CLASS 42 (Computer, scientific & legal) > > Scientific and technological services and research and design relating > thereto: industrial analysis and research services; design and > development of computer hardware and software; legal services. > > So, not only are operating systems and digital content management systems > not legally distinct, we're not even particularly distinct from any other > scientific services, or from legal services -- all the same thing as far as > trademark distinctiveness goes. Evidently the French lump old comic strips and computer operating systems in the same bucket, causing Mandrake to become Mandriva. -- cmg
