Peter Donald wrote: > [...] > 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 :)
This matches my understanding as well, with the addition that only registered trademarks cost real money (you may have to pay legal fees to fight for your unregistered trademark later, but that's another story). Related to this, I was just asked what formal names we should use for Jakarta subproject products, say Struts, in books and articles. Is it: a) Apache Jakarta Struts b) Apache Struts c) Jakarta Struts I have a feeling it's a) but the other forms also seem reasonable. Hans-- Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com JavaServer Pages http://TheJSPBook.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
