hi all, i am just curiouse, i developing a windows software for image manipulation called with a good name (lets' say: "goodsoftware") Now, i saw that somone else created in the past a software -freeware- for FTP and called it "goodsoftware" Is there any conflituality for these software names or legal issues? thanks for any suggestions
This would not be a copyright issue. It would be a trademark issue. Whether there was an issue would depend on whether either party had either a registered trademark or had established common-law rights to the mark. There are several threads about this type of thing. Use the search for more info.