I suppose I could send email to Mr. Brown and ask him. I know that I certainly wouldn't do this without asking him. On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 08:15, Scott Schultz wrote: > > > > 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 > > >