On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:34:21PM +0200, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> Therefore, I've added a new paragraph to the FAQ that hopefully answers to
> some concerns:
>
> 1.7 What about CURL from curl.com?
>
> During the summer 2001, curl.com has been busy advertising their
> client-side programming language for the web, named CURL.
>
> We are in no way associated with curl.com or their version of CURL. We have
> never heard anything from them, nor are we scared of any trademark or
> naming lawsuits.
>
> Our project name curl has been in effective use since 1998. We weren't the
> first computer related project to name itself curl either, so we don't
> claim any first-hand rights to the name.

Do a whois lookup on curl.com. You'll find:
   Record last updated on 28-Mar-2001.
   Record expires on 20-Nov-2001.
   Record created on 19-Nov-1997.
   Database last updated on 6-Aug-2001 21:06:00 EDT.

So, curl.com was created November 19, 1997. Someone might want to
check the web pages of the Secretary of State office in MA to
determine when Curl Corporation was incorporated. Also, the bottom of
their web page says curl is a trademark. Whoopee. More interesting if
they have registered their trademark (circle R more powerful then TM).

Oh, check out:
  http://www.curl.com/html/about/background.jsp

I don't suppose you ever *filed* any copyright papers on cURL? Check
with the USPTO to find out if they have a trademark on "curl".

-- 
albert chin (china_at_thewrittenword.com)