Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:38:10 10/20/99
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On October 20, 1999 at 13:33:39, KarinsDad wrote: >On October 20, 1999 at 13:04:37, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >[snip] >>> >>>Now, this should not be a major issue UNTIL Dr. Hsu attempts to sell Deep Blue >>>Junior in the marketplace. At that point in time, I would not be surprised if >>>Amir did not take him to court over it since it is obvious that regardless of >>>when Dr. Hsu gave Deep Blue Junior it's name, Amir's product arrived in the >>>market WAY before DB Jr. >> >>Where does this come from? > >This comes from reading many posts here. I and probably a few other people here >were under the impression that the name for the new chess chip program would be >Deep Blue Junior (using the same name). I and probably a few other people here >were under the impression that Dr. Hsu had an agreement with IBM to use the >name. I and probably a few other people here were under the impression that most >developers of software products with a shelf life of more than a year (such as >Junior) go out and get a trademark for their product. If any of these >impressions are false, then this entire issue (as you point out) is moot. My >apologies if part of my discussion here was based on potentially incorrect >assumptions. > >KarinsDad :) I seriously doubt that "deep blue junior" will be the name Hsu uses on anything he markets. For one reason, it will be far different than the "deep blue junior" that has played hundreds of games already. And the other is that I suspect IBM would protect the name "deep blue" so that it isn't seen as something old and washed up... As far as trademarks go, I haven't trademarked Crafty, nor Cray Blitz, and don't really think I would need to go to the non-trivial expense of doing so (I applied for a US-only trademark many years ago for a logo for a company I and a friend of mine formed. It cost us about $1,000 US to get the trademark registered and finally approved. International trademarks supposedly cost more as they require that foreign data banks be searched as well... Not for chess, as I don't think it is worth the cost.
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