[Papervision3D] Embarrasing

[xero]

here's a court precidence, where the plaintiff lost...

http://www.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/95473.htm

do "we" (by we i mean the dev team)
legally own the name papervision3D ?

is it (the name/logo) copywritten?

if not, it might not be a bad idea to do it.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Tim Knip" <tim.knip at gmail.com>
> To: papervision3d at osflash.org
> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:50:35 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Papervision3D] Embarrasing
> Haha!
>
> Beleive name ripping like this can be legally challenged ;-)
>
> Tim
>
> 2009/1/7 Peter Kapelyan <flashnine at gmail.com>:
> > Gotcha John,
> >
> > By pathetic I meant ripping off your guys name...
> >
> > Kinda what slopester said. I'm sure you wouldn't like if someone
> advertised
> > john-grden.com to the world, no matter how well the site looked or what
> it
> > sold. Or maybe it's just me that has some respect not to do it? :/
> >
> > -Pete
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:04 AM, slopester <slope at slopester.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> i'd call that cybersquatting - trading off your brand...  like
> registering
> >> britney-spears.com if you own a CD store.  It's misleading to the
> visitor.
> >> I know what I'd expect to see at www.papervision-3d.com and it isn't
> that.
> >> And as you guys are non profit it seems even lower.
> >>
> >> "using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill
> of
> >> a trademark belonging to someone else"
> >> Wikipedia
> >>
> >> Maybe I need to develop a more John-like chilled attitude!  :o)
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Carlos Ulloa" <carlos at papervision3d.org>
> >> To: <papervision3d at osflash.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:47 PM
> >> Subject: [Papervision3D] Embarrasing
> >> > http://www.papervision-3d.com
> >> >
> >> > C4
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