On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:44:23AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/02/08 03:42, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 04:17:33PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 06:06:03PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> On 03/31/08 17:42, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 01:54:44PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Chris Bannister > >>>>> <mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz> wrote: > >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 02:09:10PM +1100, Owen Townend wrote: > >>>>>> > Hey, > >>>>>> > They also alphabetically increment with each release and Gutsy Gibbon, > >>>>>> > Hardy Herron and Intrepid Ibex are the current timeline releases for 7.10, > >>>>>> > 8.04 and 8.10 respectively. So it'll have to be 'j' onwards. How about > >>>>>> > Jovial Jackal? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Wasn't there a Hoary Hedgehog? > >>>>> Yeah, from about 2 years ago before they started going in alphabetical order. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I guess Jumpin Jackass wouldn't be a selling feature. > >>>> > >>>> Other than Jackel, what other animals start with the letter 'J'? > >>> Jaguar > >>> Jay > >>> Jayhawk > >>> Jellyfish > >> Juggling Jellyfish > > > > I guess Jolly Jaguar would get Apple filing some sort of law suit. :-) > > You can't trademark a species, especially one that's been in the > public domain for thousands of years. I was trying to come up with a witty one, but all I've got is horribly depressing... since USPTO seems to think it's okay to patent gene sequences, then clearly the jaguar is not in the public domain. Or at least the instructions for making a jaguar aren't... As to whether a jaguar has been trademarked or not, I don't know, but it's increasingly likely that at least part of it's genetic code has been patented. I suppose that means that any actively reproducing jaguars at a minimum owe licensing fees to someone for the rights to reproduce. A
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