Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 16:10:36 10/19/99
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On October 19, 1999 at 15:51:31, KarinsDad wrote:
>On October 19, 1999 at 15:24:10, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>>>Jeremiah
>>
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>>But what if someone names their chess program "son"???
>>
>>:)
>
>That's the entire point (see Jeremiah's other reponse in this thread on a
>program called hijo).
>
>
>The actual name and what the words in that name does NOT matter (Junior, Crafty,
>Hiarcs). What matters is that one program had a name and another program used
>that name in it's entirety within their program name.
>
>If I called my program "Better Than Crafty" or "Not A Crafty Clone" or even
>"Craftiest", it would be REAL obvious to everyone that I was using your program
>name in my program.
>
>Just because the word Junior is recognized in English speaking countries as an
>appendum on names does NOT mean that Deep Blue Junior cannot be confused with
>Junior (i.e. the Deep Blue could be adjectives on the word Junior as opposed to
>Junior being a reference to the type of Deep Blue).
>
>The fact is that Dr. Hsu either intentionally or unintentionally infringed on
>Amir Ban's copywrite and should change the name of his program. I like the name
>"Not So Deep Blue" (just kidding). Additionally, Amir Ban also infringed on Dr.
>Hsu's copywrite by naming his program Deep Junior. Both of these names should be
>changed.
This has nothing to do with copyright. It is a trademark question.
For what it's worth I don't believe that under US law "Deep Blue Junior" would
infringe on any trademark rights Ban may have on the word "Junior". Was Junior
even for sale when "Deep Blue Junior" was coined?
James B. Shearer
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