RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

[email protected] (Chris Nandor) Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:45:10 -0400

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At 14:01 -0500 2000.09.29, Garrett Goebel wrote:
>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.

No, they have trademarked the O'REILLY logo, and the association of a camel
with Perl.

>"The relationship between a (animal image: must be specified) and
>(specific technology) is a trademark of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Used
>with permission."

Any camel associated with Perl falls under that trademark (according to
O'Reilly).

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