In article <388615F8.AF33F247@tiac.net>, Phil Clute <pcl### [at] tiacnet> 
wrote:
>> "POV-Ray", "Persistence of Vision", "POV-Team" and "POV-Help" are
>> trademarks of the POV-Team.
>
>Is it an actual "trademark" or just a copyright? I see the copyright on
>the "About" screen from the Help menu but no T. As far as I know they
>are not really the same thing.

No, and names/terms can't be copyrighted. For the above terms to be 
protected, they would have to be claimed as trademarks.

"POV-Ray" would be a trademark in just about all circumstances, as it is 
mostly nonsense; any use of the term "POV-Ray" is likely to bring about 
confusion.

"Persistence of Vision" is likely to be a trademark only within the 
raytracing realm; the term is a common one in at least one other field, 
and also plays on the title of at least one art piece. It is very likely 
that a painting titled "Persistence of Vision" would not be considered a 
violation of POV's trademark.

IANAL

Jerry

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