From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 14 22: 0:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mooseriver.com (superior.mooseriver.com [209.249.56.198]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65347156C3; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:00:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by mooseriver.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id WAA94941; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:00:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:00:20 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: Brett Glass Cc: Terry Lambert , walton@nordicrecords.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trademark transfer (Was: ANSWER: "FreeBSD" registered by Walnut Creek) Message-ID: <19990914220020.A94895@mooseriver.com> Reply-To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com References: <19990911040458.688.qmail@modgud.nordicrecords.com> <199909142109.OAA20226@usr09.primenet.com> <4.2.0.58.19990914201318.048a7c60@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990914201318.048a7c60@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 08:27:32PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 08:27:32PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 09:09 PM 9/14/99 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > >One thing that occurs to me is that Brett could offer to do the > >legwork on the trademark transfer. > > The transfer of a trademark is actually quite trivial, according > to an attorney friend. He says that there's basically one piece > of paper to file. > > >This doesn't satisfy Jordan's issue about the dilligent lawyer, > >though, > > It doesn't affect it, really. The lawyer could act exactly as before; > it could even be the same lawyer. The only difference is that FreeBSD, > Inc. would legally have control of the licensing of the mark (which it > does not now; Walnut Creek could overrule or reverse Jordan on any > decision he makes). And the client named on the lawyer's bill would be > FreeBSD, Inc. > > Now, if someone other than FreeBSD, Inc. wanted to pay the bill, I'm > sure that the lawyer would be delighted to accept the check. In fact, > other backers (ahem!) would be much more likely to help defend a trademark > that was owned by FreeBSD, Inc. than one that was held by a direct > competitor. Sounds like you have a lawyer in mind. What is his/her name. Where are they admitted to practice law. What is his or her phone number. Enquiring minds want to know Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.3 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message