the best justice money can buy --Lessig (fwd)

[Paul H. Merrill]

> > 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