was Stouffer to be on ABC News ... Nimbus

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No: HPFGUIDX 14824


Once again, you cannot copyright a word-- only your original writing. 
This is central to copyright law. Nimbus is a very common word, found 
in the dictionary, and all writers have the right to use it. You can 
trademark it for a specific product, but people still have the right 
to use the word.

Unless Stouffer's Nimbus is a state-of-art RACING BROOM, I see no 
significant similarity.

--Suzanne



--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
> <snip>
> <<there is a character in her book called Nimbus who is some sort 
of sky god
> and then the Nimbus 2000 in HP.>>
> 
> Eh? I always thought that 'Nimbus' was a reference to a sort of 
clous. The
> Something Nimbus, a storm cloud, I think. Since it sounds Latin, I 
suspect
> it may well have been some sort of [lesser] god of clouds in the 
Roman
> panthenon, and it'd make sense to JKR to name a broomstick after 
him.
> 
> Sofie,
> delurking with her 2 cents.
> 
> Well, let's see ... there are Nimbus boats, Nimbus Records, Nimbus
> Technology & Engineering, Nimbus Kayaks, Nimbus Brewing Co., Nimbus
> Publishing in Canada, Golden Nimbus, an exporter of dental 
equipment, (I
> wonder if the Grangers get their equipment from them?), a Club 
Nimbus in
> Spain, Nimbus Software, and the list goes on & on & on....
> 
> Cumulonimbus Thunderheads
> 
> LOW-LEVEL...NIMBOSTRATUS CLOUDS
> (Also called nimbus or nimbo)
> 
> This is something we all learned in grade school. Hardly a Stouffer
> original!
> 
> Stouffer is indeed a prepackaged frozen meal, totally inferior to 
the real
> thing: the wholesome, home-cooked, appetizing, appealing, and 
satisfying
> Rowling.
> 
> Doreen