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From: mg@asp.camb.inmet.com (Mitch Gart)
Subject: Re: Alleging name theft, Bob Dylan sues Apple Computer
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For me the use of the name "Dylan" for a computer language
seems OK.  An analagous situation occurs in my local phone book,
where there are lots of different businesses whose names start 
with "Ford":

    Ford Model Management Inc
    Ford Motor Company

etc. The car company doesn't sue the model companay for use of the name
(or vice versa).

But where it gets trickier, in my humble, non-lawyer, opinion, is 
when Apple puts the Dylan language on a CD.  People could easily
see a computer CD and a music CD with the word "Dylan" in the title
and get confused.  It's like if Ford Model Management Inc had a
logo with a car in it, or branched out into making car-related products.

I think it's understandable that Bob would not want companies putting 
out CD's with the word "Dylan" prominent in the title that describes 
the content of the CD.

	Mitch Gart
