RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

[email protected] (Garrett Goebel) Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:01:43 -0500

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From: Tim Conrow [mailto:[email protected]]
>
> I don't know trademark law, but it seems unlikely that 
> O'Reilly can trademark the concept of the camel, or all
> representations of the camel.

No. They can't trademark the "concept" of the camel. But they _have_
trademarked their camel logo and its association with Perl.

If you don't believe me, ask O'Reilly: 
http://retail.oreilly.com/policies/trademarks.html