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Re: Notes about Symbolix demo on ccosun



ICOR@metrodata.com      writes:

>Re: Re: Notes about Symbolix demo on ccosun

>Eureka is also the name of a vacuum cleaner...so in essesce it seems that you 
>have violated their copyright on that name.  (sounds logical to me)

>I'm sure they've been in business long before this company that developed
>this software has.  I'm sure they've copyrighted the name.

  Names cannot be copyrighted, only trademarked.  Trademarks can be
granted in separate instances where there is no obvious conflict between
or relation of the products; for instance, a car vac named "Eureka" would
be a trademark violation, but a software package called "Eureka" is not.

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