Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:33:56 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, koshy@india.hp.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: General policy on trademark violations Message-ID: <199802140033.QAA05480@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:34:54 %2B1030." <19980214103454.41822@freebie.lemis.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. The current issue with Hasbro is over the name. The Tetris precedent makes it prudent to remove the entire game, in order to save the effort of dealing with it later. If there was any real utility to boggle in the first place, a name change would be fine. As it is, nuking it is simpler and faster. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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