Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:22:41 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Brian Raynes" <brian_raynes@dnr.state.ak.us>, "Don Wilde" <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> Cc: <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: trademark? Message-ID: <013501c18279$3421d250$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <3C164921.AE213546@Silver-Lynx.com> <3C1652EF.2B47FAAE@dnr.state.ak.us>
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Note that trademarks, unlike patents or copyrights, can pass into the public domain if their owners fail to defend them with due diligence. So if you have a registered trademark, but you ignore all unauthorized uses of the trademark long enough, it may pass into the public domain, i.e., when and if you finally do try to sue to protect it, it may be held by the court that you did not attempt to protect it well enough, and so you've relinquished control of it. This has pretty much happened to trademarks like Xerox and Aspirin, although I don't know what specific court decisions have been, if any. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Raynes" <brian_raynes@dnr.state.ak.us> To: "Don Wilde" <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> Cc: <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 19:39 Subject: Re: trademark? > Don Wilde wrote: > > > > What is the status of the FreeBSD trademark now that WRS has bailed? > > According to Ted M., it's still floating around in WRS' pocket. > > > > If money is the issue, we should collect enough to handle this before it > > goes awry. Now that WRS has officially divorced themselves from FreeBSD, > > I think it is _very_ important that we do so. > > Have that officially dumped Freebsd completely? The box set at the > local CompUSA still has Wind River's logo for release 4.4. I'd like to > see where they've announced the dumping of Freebsd completely. I > remember that most of the developers were laid off. Otherwise, I would > also second the idea that the trademark be preserved. > > Brian > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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