I think it's great that they have a trademark now on what could easily be a genericized term.
My favorite part of the retrocomputing hobby by far is red tape, franchising, and branding. On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Jay West <[email protected]> wrote: > No, it was not trademarked. Not until VERY recently, even if so. I'm not > convinced it is.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fred > Cisin > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 8:08 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: Vintage Computer Festivals??? > > >> If he comes up with his own name, then there is nothing stopping him > >> from putting it together completely independently. > >> If he wants to use the VCF name, then he should talk tothose > >> currently doing it. > On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, [email protected] wrote: > > Is it a trademark like Maker Faire where everyone has to pay > > per-attendee royalties to use the name on their event? > > It is a trademark, but I have no idea what the terms are. Evan? did not > apparently have much difficulty negotiating with Sellam to use the > trademark. > > > > -- Ian Finder (206) 395-MIPS [email protected]
