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On Tuesday 21 October 2008 22:56, Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:37:00PM +0100, James Fidell wrote: > > Steve Lee wrote: > > > AFAIK in the UK it ok to use a name if you can't be confused with > > > others trading with same name. So there can be an Apple that sells > > > clothes. Apple would seem a good comparison because the word is itself > > > in common usage > > > > And in fact there has been a long-running court battle between Apple > > Records (or its parent company) and Apple Inc., manufacturer of fashion > > accessories for geeks with too much money :) > > Though this started because of Apple Computer getting involved in the > music industry, I believe. This is the same Apple that sell music for 79p as pop over the internet and threatened to stop doing it if the music companies pushed their price from 9p to 12p a pop. I'm no fan of music companies but the mark up there is , like apples attitude, just unbelievable! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html