AllanW@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> In article <6mbf8s$qmh$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>   jkanze@otelo.ibmmail.com wrote:
> >
> > There is an international brokerage for prefixes: trademark registry.
> > I can tell at a glance when I'm dealing with a Rogue Wave header file,
> > for example, because the prefixes give it a specific general appearance,
> > much like the shape of a Coke bottle is easily recognizable.  I'm not
> > sure that putting everything in a common namespace could be registered
> > as a trademark, however.
>
> I missed this the first time I read it.
>
> Suppose I wrote a library that included this:
>     class File { /* ... */ };
>     class roFile: public File { /* ... */ };
>     class rwFile: public File { /* ... */ };
> I can cite as many reasons as you why this is a bad idea.
> BUT -- are you suggesting that this is actually illegal, because the class
> prefix "rw" in "rwFile" has been trademarked by Rogue Wave?

I doubt that two-letter prefixes can be trademarked.
At least Five-digit-numbers cannot be trademarked - that's why
the Pentium wasn't called 80586...
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In article <6mbf8s$qmh$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  jkanze@otelo.ibmmail.com wrote:
>
> There is an international brokerage for prefixes: trademark registry.
> I can tell at a glance when I'm dealing with a Rogue Wave header file,
> for example, because the prefixes give it a specific general appearance,
> much like the shape of a Coke bottle is easily recognizable.  I'm not
> sure that putting everything in a common namespace could be registered
> as a trademark, however.

I missed this the first time I read it.

Suppose I wrote a library that included this:
    class File { /* ... */ };
    class roFile: public File { /* ... */ };
    class rwFile: public File { /* ... */ };
I can cite as many reasons as you why this is a bad idea.
BUT -- are you suggesting that this is actually illegal, because the class
prefix "rw" in "rwFile" has been trademarked by Rogue Wave?

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