Author: Chris Carson
Date: 10:33:37 12/04/97
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On December 04, 1997 at 13:00:34, Amir Ban wrote: >On December 04, 1997 at 12:26:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 04, 1997 at 11:47:22, Amir Ban wrote: >> >> >>>>but you have no prayer on fighting "deep blue junior" because they are >>> >>>>(1) a tad better known than your program; >>> >>>Sadly I think you are right here, although I'm doing my best to catch >>>up. Maybe I can even get Sharansky interested in playing against Junior >>>now :( This is the best reason to fight them, by the way. For a large >>>corporation to try to drown out an old and low-financed established >>>entry based on nothing more than money, a giant PR machine and a whim is >>>exactly why the law provides protection. >> >> >>I don't see them doing this. In the US, there are several hundred >>thousand >>"juniors" running around. It is not uncommon for father/son to have >>identical >>names with the son given a "junior" meaning (in this case) younger. >>When the >>father dies, sometimes the son drops "junior", particularly if *he* has >>a son >>and gives him the same name... >> > >Aw come on. How irrelevant. Are fathers going to stop calling their >children junior because there will be a confusion of whether they are >referring to that IBM project ? Everything about trademarks is when >there is a possible confusion in the eyes of the public. Here we are >talking of products so close that they may soon find themselves Last time I checked, Deep Blue Jr. was not for sale as a product. :) I'm not sure IBM has anything to loose by using this name and fighting in court if necessary. I do not think IBM will release a comercial product for chess called "Junior". Just my opinion. Also, IBM has been using this name in public for almost a year or more. Has used IBM PC Jr in the past. And Bob Hyatt has referred to Cray Blitz Jr. I am not confused, I'll bet not many are. I'm not sure your program (which seems to have a bright future) would benefit from this type of fight. You might use your financial resources better by protecting "Junior" as standalone trademark in the computer chess community. Just my opinion. I wish you all the best with your program. Best Regards, Chris Carson >competing for the same title. How much closer can you get ? > >Of course this is not a vendetta of IBM against us. They are just >steamrolling their big machine without noticing, like some car drivers >near a pedestrian crossing. They have been duly warned now in a friendly >and polite manner, and if they choose to proceed, then they really don't >care who gets hurt. > >Amir
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