[sword-devel] BibleCS name?

Chris Little sword-devel@crosswire.org
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 18:49:41 -0700



> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Hastings
> 
> At 05:04 PM 7/16/2001 -0700, Chris Little wrote:
> >BTW, all the other suggestions come up pretty clean for 
> trademarks.  I 
> >did notice something amusing, the application for trademark 
> >registration of "God's Word", by the publishers of that translation, 
> >has been rejected initially.
> 
> Was that because "God's Word" is a synonym for Bible?

I think it's because it's too general.  I believe it eventually will
(and should) be granted because they were really trying to register the
name within a specific logo.

--Chris