Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:06:54 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The only worthwhile logo-related comments so far.... Message-ID: <692866949.20050213230654@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <233b173e2a4026993c6ce9de25d560ae@czv.com> References: <20050213001621.59515.qmail@web53907.mail.yahoo.com><82d64b378160bb673c1d1611d1bedd56@czv.com><420FA01B.6000807@nbritton.org> <420FBEDE.4000608@nbritton.org> <233b173e2a4026993c6ce9de25d560ae@czv.com>
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Chris Zumbrunn writes: > ...with the capitalized but smaller letters be protected by that > trademark? Word trademarks in the U.S. are independent of capitalization. It is worth noting that the FREEBSD trademark applies only to collections of computer programs on CD-ROMs. No mention is made of operating systems or of the computer programs themselves separate from the CD-ROMs. This may be a critical oversight. The trademark for Linux clearly states that it designates a computer operating system. Put more simply, what this means is that the name FREEBSD to designate a computer operating system has not been registered as a trademark (in the U.S.). Perhaps nobody has ever bothered to look it up. -- Anthony
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