[Gd-hackers] Dylan Hackers Conference Europe - Germany, Berlin - 27-30th December

[Chris Page]

On Oct 22, 2006, at 14:24 PM, Hugh Greene wrote:

> I am definitely not a lawyer-type, but I recall being told that the  
> reason we
> couldn't use "DylanWorks" (however capitalised) was down to some  
> trademark
> licensing issue Harlequin had with Apple, which may or may not also  
> have been
> related to some issue Apple had with Bob.  ('Cos, y'know, software  
> comes on
> CDs, and so does some of Bob's stuff, so people might get confused.
> Obviously.)

The story I recall is that Apple was contacted by Bob's lawyers  
complaining about Apple putting "Dylan" on a box that contained a CD.  
At Harlequin we discussed that it might not be a good idea to put  
"Dylan" on a box that contained a CD, just to be safe, but then we  
did anyway.

IIRC, the change from "DylanWorks" to "Harlequin Dylan" had more to  
do with people preferring the latter name. (I know I do.)

However, my memory is a bit rusty and these types of issues tended to  
be communicated informally. I don't recall seeing any sort of  
official explanation about whether we'd put "Dylan" on the box or why  
we switched names.

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