> > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 08:21:17PM -0600, Mia McDavid wrote: > > Steve Brust wrote: > > > > >However, I do feel obligated to point out that "The Dream Cafe" is > > >something I stole from Greg Brown, which might put a kabosh on the > > >whole thing. > > > > Well, we don't have to call it Dream Cafe Swag, then. We > can call it > > Jhereg's Loot, or something. *That* part's easy. While it might be a professional courtesy to contact Greg Brown and ask his permission, it shouldn't be neccesary. The only trademark on record for "Dream Café" is a now-dead one that belonged to a clothing company (apparently for a line of women's clothes). Using a phrase as a song/album title doesn't automatically preclude other people from using the same phrase for other purposes. In case you're curious, the United State Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Electronic Search System is located here: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=v8m901.1.1