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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Adobe and KIllustrator
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2001-07-02 13:14:29
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On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 01:29:51PM +0200, David Faure wrote:
> On Monday 02 July 2001 09:27, Kai-Uwe Sattler wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have just received a dissuasion from an Adobe lawyer that the name
> > "KIllustrator" would violate Adobe's trademark and I should pay 2500
> > euro. So, I have closed the website at the moment. Could somebody with
> > access to koffice.org remove all information about and links to Killu,
> > please?
> 
> :(( F*c*ing trademarks.
> 
> What about renaming instead of removing ? 
> That would be less work (all in one step instead of removing and then
> re-adding with a new name), and users wouldn't wonder where killu has gone !
> veKtor sounds fine to me, although it might look too German to some ;),
> Hmmmmmmm... 
> www.vektor.com : Vektor - The World's Leading Language Solutions Company
> www.vektor-bass.de : Vektor-Germany Studio f?r Kontrab?sse Studio for Double
> http://www.denel.co.za/vektor/ : A divison of "Denel", who makes military products (ouch).
> 
> Just how are people supposed to name their stuff, now that all names have been
> taken ? :(

Well, its no problem to name a program something like vektor because the 
goals of the company and the software are completely different. 
In the case of KIllustrator and Illustrator Adobe has a point, the name is 
similar and the goal is the same.

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new
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