From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 13 16:09:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA11918 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:09:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA11726; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:07:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA22873; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:34:55 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA05301; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:34:54 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980214103454.41822@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:34:54 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith , sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: koshy@india.hp.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: General policy on trademark violations References: <199802130737.IAA01675@sos.freebsd.dk> <199802132306.PAA04969@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802132306.PAA04969@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 03:06:26PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 13 February 1998 at 15:06:26 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > What Hasbro care about is being able to sell Boggle on the strength > of its name. If they don't pursue *everyone* violating the trademark, > they lose it. As soon as they lose it, there are dozens of offshore > companies that will start marketting Boggle clones, eating Hasbro's > market, and hitting their bottom line. > > _That_ is the issue here. Is this all they're asking? A name change would solve that. This sounds very different from the issue with Tetris a few months back. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message