On Wed, 1 May 2002 20:45, Endre Stølsvik wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Pier Fumagalli wrote: > | "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > Does anyone have pointers as to how we can use the project names > | > legally in our work, e.g. we do consulting using Apache Ant, Apache > | > Struts etc. Do there need to be (tm)s there? Are the project names > | > trademarked, copyrighted etc? > | > | AFAIK, the only name having an official (TM) is only "Apache" per se, but > | you might want to contact the Apache Software Foundation "legal > | department" (aka, Ken) at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who usually deals > | with all this "crap". > > What's the difference between (R) and (TM) ? > > I had an idea about (R) being the thing you had to pay to get, like > _register_ the name, while (TM) just meant that "Hey, I'M using this name, > so please back off!".
TradeMarks can be registered or not. Registered trademarks are easier to defend in court and the "Apache" name would be an example of one I guess. However other names like Ant, Tomcat etc could still be considered trademarks (if we treated them as such and went after people who mis-used them) however they are much harder to enforce and require a much more active defense. At least thats what I vaguely recall but I could be wrong :) -- Cheers, Peter Donald -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
