That doesn't mean, though, that they could not seek an injuction or sue in the case of a new infringement. It wouldn't make their case a little tougher, though. FWIW - back when we went through the naming debates, I spoke with a trademark lawyer. His take on it is that, in the US, a trademark isn't really dead (it's just resting); he has seen 20 year old trademark violations successfully prosecuted. Michael On 2005-08-03 at 20:29:04 [-0400], Cian Duffy wrote: > > Simplely they will have exceeded the statute of limitations. > > And did so in 1997 under UK law and Irish law - 6 years, or you can't purd > sue. Works for trademarks, debts, and some other stuff (personal injury, etc) > > Cian