Hi, OpenIntents has exactly the same problem regarding the Droidcon conference it hosts. http://groups.google.com/group/openintents/browse_frm/thread/335e89a08bb671f9/eee43d8d19136d80#eee43d8d19136d80
Best regards, Op dinsdag 06-07-2010 om 23:11 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Olivier Bilodeau: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Sandy Armstrong > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > You my have heard that Tomdroid renamed itself to Tomdroyd to > avoid > trademark infringement on "droid" (owned by LucasArts). > > I'm sure you meant Twidroyd. ;) > > At first, I thought "it couldn't be, how about the motorola droid?" > but a quick google revealed: > > "DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies. > Used under license." on > http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?releaseid=12059&newsareaid=22 > > I don't know if this is really a valid concern at all, but I > figured since Tomdroid > isn't in the market yet now would be a good time to decide if > anyone > cares about the potential for trouble. > > Yes, thanks for pointing it out. > > Does anyone on this list know what the other *droid or droid* on the > android market are doing? There must be a few of them.. > > > For what it's worth, I'd be fine with you guys simply calling > yourselves "Tomboy for Android". I'm guessing the name only > matters > when you distribute it, so using "tomdroid" for the project > name, repo > name, and in code probably wouldn't be an issue. > > I think we'll go that way. Thanks for the permission to use Tomboy. As > far as distributiong, another quick google revealed that the android > market takes trademark complaints quite seriously: > http://en.andigg.com/android-market-trademark-complaint-received/ > > For now, I won't rename the launchpad project unless someone strongly > suggests otherwise. > > I wonder how much it is to license the use of droid. ;) > > > Too bad I've been paying for tomdroid.org for two years.. ;) > -- > Olivier Bilodeau <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~tomdroid-dev > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~tomdroid-dev > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- pjv _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~tomdroid-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~tomdroid-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
