Re: G.U.E. Technical Institute


6 Apr 1995 23:59:41 GMT

Ben Chalmers (Ben@bench.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <D67xDx.BA6@eskimo.com>,
: blane@eskimo.com (Brian Lane) wrote:

: > Well, here's an off topic question of sorts. I'm setting up a new BBS this
: > weekend and am trying to come up with a name. The focus of the system will
: > be things that interest me (IF, TADS programming, security/privacy,
: > electronics, Linux, etc.). I think I want to call the system G.U.E.
: > Technical Institue (guetech.com). I will be getting a UUCP link for news and
: > email next month(as soon as IRS check shows up), and eventually going to
: > 128k ISDN or 56k Frame relay network connection.
: >
: > This will be a commercial system, but will offer free access to file
: > archives(charge for email/news/net stuff). My question is: what are the
: > legal implications(if any) of calling it G.U.E. Tech? Does anyone actually
: > hold the copyright to the name sused in the Infocom games, or if they do, do
: > they really care anymore?

: I don't think you'll get in trouble for just using the initials G.U.E. If you
: are really worried add a small footnote somewhere that G.U.E. stands for
: "Games UUCP Electronics" (the boards subjects) - after all, I've never seen a
: battle between Alcholics Anonymous and The British Automobile Association
: (both of which lay claim to the letters AA)

: But then again, I'm not a copyright lawyer (thank god)

Great name! Along the same lines as the AA (heym how about Amer. Airlines),
how did Borland ever get away with coming out with a product called Delphi?