[Pipet Devel] naming madness

[Harry Mangalam]

My lawyers (Dewey, Cheatem and Howe) will be contacting you shortly...

Harry

"J.W. Bizzaro" wrote:
> 
> The non-profit "Leonardo Association" in France was raided by police following
> a lawsuit filed by the "Leonardo Finance" company.  Why?  Leonardo
> Association's Web site showed up on an Internet search of the word
> "Leonardo".  Apparently no one but the Leonardo Finance may use the word.
> 
>     http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/
> 
> This reminds me of the time the Frenchman whose last name is "Montana" sued
> the U.S. state of Montana for use of his name.  So, maybe it's just the French
> ;-)
> 
> What does this have to do with Loci?  I'm just thinking about how seriously
> some people take alleged idea-theft.  Not that we do that, but as with the
> above cases, it's only the perception that matters.
> 
> Maybe we should have used some obscure name like "tacg" :-)
> 
> Cheers.
> Jeff
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Cheers,
Harry

Harry J Mangalam -- (949) 856 2847 -- mangalam at home.com