[OSM-talk] Use of terms similar to GEOCODE

2013-05-23 Thread Simon Poole
As I promised in February I investigated with our North American counsel what they would consider acceptable use of terms similar to the GEOCODE trademark, they came back with examples that they all considered OK. I've created a wiki page for future reference

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of terms similar to GEOCODE

2013-05-23 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-05-23 14:38, Simon Poole wrote: As I promised in February I investigated with our North American counsel what they would consider acceptable use of terms similar to the GEOCODE trademark, they came back with examples that they all considered OK. I've created a wiki page for future

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of terms similar to GEOCODE

2013-05-23 Thread Simon Poole
Maarten, there is no need to start the discussion at square one again. We did what our counsel recommended in February as reported then (so you can safely assume that counsel saw a certain potential for trouble in such usage). The list they provided is simply to illustrate usage that is

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of terms similar to GEOCODE

2013-05-23 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-05-23 15:10, Simon Poole wrote: Maarten, there is no need to start the discussion at square one again. We did what our counsel recommended in February as reported then (so you can safely assume that counsel saw a certain potential for trouble in such usage). The list they provided is

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of terms similar to GEOCODE

2013-05-23 Thread Simon Poole
Am 23.05.2013 15:35, schrieb Maarten Deen: On 2013-05-23 15:10, Simon Poole wrote: Maarten, there is no need to start the discussion at square one again. We did what our counsel recommended in February as reported then (so you can safely assume that counsel saw a certain potential for trouble

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of terms similar to GEOCODE

2013-05-23 Thread Andreas Labres
Simon, Thank you. IMO a good example of descriptive usage is also: OpenRouteService including POI search, geocoding and reverse geocoding, pedestrian, bicycle and car routing etc. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/University_of_Heidelberg_GIScience_(Geoinformatics)_Research_Group

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of terms similar to GEOCODE

2013-05-23 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-05-23 16:00, Simon Poole wrote: Am 23.05.2013 15:35, schrieb Maarten Deen: On 2013-05-23 15:10, Simon Poole wrote: Maarten, there is no need to start the discussion at square one again. We did what our counsel recommended in February as reported then (so you can safely assume that