On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 07:49:06AM +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
> "Proud to be a member of the ILUG"
> (I hope that's not patented ;-))
ianal, but a phrase can't be patented. it can be trademarked or
possibly copyrighted.
it's pedantic, but ip discussions in the media are full of inaccuracies.
we should take pains to be as careful as we can with ip terms since it
appears that the last gasp for closed source companies is through ip
law.
kevin
--
kevin at ie.suberic.net ~ "you're either with us or against us." --dubya
iraq: vietnam again? ~ in that simplistic world-view progressives and
a new lbj selected - ~ liberals are "us" while bush and bin laden are
"looney bush junior" ~ "against us."
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