In article <5tq30kF1ei37vU1@mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
> On 2007-12-30 17:08:56 +0000, Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> said: > > > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:37:47 +0000, J—n GrŽtar Borgß—rsson > > <jon.gretar@iphive.is> wrote: > > > >> Actually Apple does not have Lion name trademarked.. Severaly years ago > >> they trademarked these names: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, > >> Leopard, Cougar and Lynx. > >> > >> So what they have left is Cougar and Lynx. Just a question of what they > >> will use first. > > > > Does someone else have the Lion name trademarked? > > Lynx is trademarked - it is a deodorant.
Okay -- but that's a different _trade_, isn't it?
Trademarks are only meaningful in the same _trade_. Computer industry, in this case.