17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Hmm... There's no copyright on perfumes. There are market leaders in perfumes, but no monopoly; hardly even an olygopoly.
I can tell how often you buy perfume, the ones I buy for my girlfriend certainly have a little 'c' on them...
The names of perfumes are (generally copyrighted. The perfumes (fragrances) themselves are not. This leaves the door open for knock-offs of the scent that then market under their own names -- and in some cases, claims of being just like "whoever". The situation is not parallel to sw because noone but a linux freak hopes to swep anyone off their feet by putting a ribbon around a tiny bit of sw and giving it for a BDay or VDay or whatever, astheydo with the top name parfums. PHM