On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 10:08 -0700, Stormy Peters wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Dave Neary <dne...@gnome.org> wrote: > > and also this second live GNOME trademark: > http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:mi6n4v.2.40 > > The second one is interesting! > Word Mark: GNOME > Goods and Services: IC 029. US 046. G & S: Processed Hazelnuts > for human > consumption. FIRST USE: 19970331. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: > 20010203 > Owner: Lindsey Family Farm, LLC CORPORATION OREGON 7505 > Windsor Island > Rd. Salem OREGON 97303 > > I don't suppose someone living near Salem in Oregon has seen > GNOME > hazelnuts flying around local farmer's markets or health food > stores, > and would care to post a photo? > > http://www.gnomehazelnutfactory.com/
(I am not a lawyer.) I don't believe there's generally any problem with two companies having the same name for a product if those products are so different. If we ever try to sell nuts then we may have a problem. -- murr...@murrayc.com www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list