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Hello.<br />
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I have developed a proprietary web scripting language and I need an extension to associate the scripts with.<br />
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&nbsp; 1. If I were to use .asp (acronym for Alpine Server Pages) as the extension for my scripts, <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;could Microsoft successfully sue me for using .asp as an extension?<br />
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&nbsp; 2. If I were to used .alp as the extension for my scripts, and five years from now a larger company<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;trademarked .alp as an extension, could I be successfully sued?<br />
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In your comments, please identify your qualifications (or lack there of) so I will know how safe I am following your advice :-)<br />
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Thanks!<br />

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Hello.

I have developed a proprietary web scripting language and I need an extension to associate the scripts with.

  1. If I were to use .asp (acronym for Alpine Server Pages) as the extension for my scripts, 
     could Microsoft successfully sue me for using .asp as an extension?

  2. If I were to used .alp as the extension for my scripts, and five years from now a larger company
     trademarked .alp as an extension, could I be successfully sued?

In your comments, please identify your qualifications (or lack there of) so I will know how safe I am following your advice :-)

Thanks!


Can extensions be trademarked? (.asp, .php etc.)

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