Re: trade dress infringement

Yeah, the only time all these clones bug me is when they pitch something contradictory or offensive. ASP.NET qualifies on both counts. -Rasmus On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Colin Viebrock wrote: > And, to make it worse, it's an ASP site. Ick! :) > > - Colin > > > Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > Hi there. Your www.ragingsmurf.com web site is suspiciously similar to > > www.php.net. And looking at individual elements of your site it is > > obvious that you cloned the look and feel of the php.net web site for your > > own purposes without permission. The look and feel of something is > > protected by the same laws that apply to unregistered trademarks. In > > legal terms this look and feel is known as the "trade dress" for that > > something. At the bottom of www.php.net you will find a copyright link > > which takes you to: http://www.php.net/copyright.php which > > mentions that > > you cannot clone our site. > > > > Please come up with your own design for your web site, or at the very > > least steal from someone else please. > > > > -Rasmus > > > >