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Re: At what point does software become an application?
Subject:Re: At what point does software become an application? From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:52:40 -0700
I asked that today and they are checking with the
legal department. My feeling is that this is going to
open a whole can of worms since the name of the
software is exactly the same as a household
entertainment name. I have a feeling that it didn't
occur to some people until now. Don't ask me what it
is since I don't know who else is getting this and I'd
rather not be responsible for a pre-emptive strike by
deeper pockets.
Let the games begin.
--- Julia Land <jltw -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
> > Before Bill is installed, it is "the Bill
> software"
> > After Bill is installed, it is just plain Bill.
>
>
> Is Bill trademarked? If so, the legal department, or
> whoever it is that
> is responsible for protecting the trademark, will
> probably have an
> opinion, and that opinion may well be that it is
> "the Bill software" at
> all times.
>
> Julia Land
>
>
===
John Posada
Western Union International
(w) jposada -at- westernunion -dot- com
(p) john -at- tdandw -dot- com
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