Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:34:54 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: koshy@india.hp.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: General policy on trademark violations Message-ID: <19980214103454.41822@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199802132306.PAA04969@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 03:06:26PM -0800 References: <199802130737.IAA01675@sos.freebsd.dk> <199802132306.PAA04969@dingo.cdrom.com>
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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
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