P3D Re: The Grass / Copyright question

[Brian David Phillips <phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> p|>I ran across something amusing yesterday - while putting down some grass
> p|>seed on my lawn, they have a notice on the bag that they had copyrighted
> p|>the word "green" (!). They do note, however, that it only applies to
> p|>references to grass seed.

> Are you sure you read the notice correctly? BTW, I do not mean any offense
> with my inquiry. I absolutely know that these types of claims usually do
> not hold up if challenged. For example, Sunkist can't copyright the word
> "Orange" 

In any case you can't "copyright" a word.  You can trademark a name or
word as used within a specific market but youcan't copyright it.

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