<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Phillipe, <br>Please show me any country where a statement like "LedgerSMB runs on Windows Vista" would potentially violate Microsoft's trademarks.
</blockquote><div><br>Another example, "appABC is built on top of Eclipse Platform", or "Supported Platform: Linux, Solaris, Windows". IANAL, in my view, all are examples of statement of fact, and something any developer can reasonably expect to be able to do unless it does not actually work on Vista/Eclipse/OS, then it is a misrepresentation problem. The statements are neutral and generic. Note that in the appABC example I deliberately avoided using Eclipse Foundations' sactioned terms "built on Eclipse"/"Eclipse powered" or the sort.
<br><br>This is different from using a particular mark, says OSI's "Approved by OSI" or "Microsoft Vista Compatable" or "built on Eclipse" because the phrase themselves are "trademarks" and carries special meaning (implies endorsement or satisfy a special requirement). Of course Microsoft can choose to trademark "XXX runs on Windows Vista", but the point is it did not.
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The only problem I can see is potential confusion with trademarks, but the test is whether joe public can be confused. I think joe public today will not be. However, your lawyers might choose to prove me wrong. ;-)<br></div>
<br>Best Regards,<br>Cinly