Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:55:16 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD trademark status Message-ID: <56478844.20050214015516@wanadoo.fr>
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Here's the official status of the FreeBSD trademark, FYI:
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Typed Drawing
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Word Mark: FREEBSD
Goods and Services:
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S:
CD ROMs featuring an archive of computer programs which may
be accessed for use. FIRST USE: 19930831. FIRST USE IN
COMMERCE: 19930831
Mark Drawing Code: (1) TYPED DRAWING
Serial Number: 74546171
Filing Date: July 6, 1994
Current Filing Basis: 1A
Original Filing Basis: 1A
Published for Opposition: November 21, 1995
Registration Number: 1955727
Registration Date: February 13, 1996
Owner (REGISTRANT): WALNUT CREEK CDROM, INCORPORATED CORPORATION CALIFORNIA 3623 SANFORD ST. CONCORD
(LAST LISTED OWNER): FREEBSD FOUNDATION, THE NON PROFIT COLORADO 7321 BROCKWAY DRIVE BOULDER COLORADO 80303
Assignment Recorded: ASSIGNMENT RECORDED
Type of Mark: TRADEMARK
Register: PRINCIPAL
Affidavit Text: SECT 15. SECT 8 (6-YR).
Live/Dead Indicator: LIVE
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Notice that the registered trademark covers only an "archive of computer
programs" on CD-ROM. It says nothing about an operating system. This
means that someone can still use the FreeBSD mark to designate an
operating system as a separate trademark. I wonder why such a
restrictive scope was given to the original trademark. Was FreeBSD
already a complete operating system in 1993?
Note also that trademarks must be actively defended, otherwise they pass
into the public domain, registration or not.
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Anthony
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