Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:22:57 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Another "annoying" trademark :) Message-ID: <20030826122255.GA403@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030826075148.GA806@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <20030826075148.GA806@nosferatu.blackend.org>
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--LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2003.08.26 09:51:48 +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > Well I just read this: >=20 > XFree86(TM) is a trademark of The XFree86 Project, Inc, and is pending > registration. There is no policy on usage of the trademark on the XFree86 website, so I wrote them a mail two weeks requesting some sort of guidelines. So far I have only recieved a mail saying that they have recieved my mail, and that my mail has been forwarded to the XFree86 Bord Of Directors / Core. When I hear something back, and if they request that we use (tm), I plan handle it like the other trademarks. The reason that I didn't just include it in my current work, is that some organizations don't request/require that you use trademark symbols. Most prominent examples are... FreeBSD and Linux. I have no idea what effect that have with regards to protecting the trademark. Of course the FreeBSD trademark is a more complicated story due to the Walnut Creek -> BSDi -> Wind River acquisitions. > Maybe we can wait for the registration to be effective... That could take a very long time, so when somebody from XFree86 respond, I plan to handle it along with all the other unregistered trademarks. E.g. the registration process of 'FreeBSD' took 2 years acording to US Patent & Trademark office records, and the XFree86 trademark claim was only filed 2003-04-22. > TradeMarc :-) --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/S1Efh9pcDSc1mlERAlMzAJ9EPmHu9QJeTAijn3CG/LvFIcqHPACfa/TG kVil8Rz5u2K3GL3Gplb3eW4= =meO4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp--
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