Re: Appleworks

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Pim Blokland <pDOTblokland@spcgroup.nl> wrote:

> Tim wrote:
>  
> > I was reading a Mac catalog the other day
> 
> Shame on you! ;-) but
> 
> > and I saw that "Appleworks 5.0" was in there.
> 
> didn't it say "AppleWorks Mac" or something?
> I'm no lawyer, but AFAIK nobody is allowed to release a program with
> exactly the same name as another program.

You are if you own the program name in question.  Apple has always owned
the name "AppleWorks", and have licensed it to subordinates or other
companies as appropriate.

They are well within their rights, though it will cause confusion in
some cases.

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