RE: [syndication] Re: ANN: Fusion Juggler Radio

["Dave Seidel" <dave@mindreef.com>]

Each of the vendors who had the first product in the given niche had the
opportunity to assert a trademark. Whether they chose to do so or not is
irrelevant.

I'd also point out that the use of the word "radio" in this context is a
completely new metaphor.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Kearney [mailto:wkearney99@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 9:03 AM
To: syndication@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [syndication] Re: ANN: Fusion Juggler Radio


Unfortunately, I don't. The use is important here, not the term
itself.
> Sure, it's silly for me to say "well, sheesh, buckaroo, you can't
ever use
> Radio in a title again", cos then Winer would be sued by NPR and
Radio
> Shack and so forth. But those are all different ideas and styles -
NPR
> broadcasts on the radio, whereas Radio Shack sells blue boxes and
the X10
> systems.
>
> But Radio Userland, simply, is an aggregator.
> And this Fusion Juggler thingy is an aggregator as well.
>
> We've got two similar products with similar names - that's the
clincher.

Uh, but what about Corel Draw, MacDraw, Microsoft Word, AbiWord,
MacPaint, PaintBox, and a whole laundry list of similarly named
products producing essentially the same results?





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