If you go to www.uspto.gov and do a trademark search, you'll see that
geotool and geotools are both "live" trademarks, and that Geotools
has been a trademark sine 1998. It is indeed owned by Geotools
Coporation. You may want to wait until you talk to Rich Steele and
see what he has to say before you send your email to them.
Allan
On Mar 5, 2006, at 15:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I got a problem: http://www.geotools.com/
Of course I will need to ask the list if this is indeed a problem.
As it is I am would like to try an approach the company in
question, and have
included a sample letter and would not mind assistence in phrasing
things nicely.
Jody
Here is a sample letter:
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Good Morning Geotools,
I am a member of a long standing open source project of the name
GeoTools. The
project has existed some time before the creation of your division
and I would
like to confirm that you are aware of us and check that we are not
in conflict.
I only learned of Geotools Corporation accidently through a web
search. I am
used to small projects and conferences sharing a name with us on
occasion, this
is the first company I have run into with an overlap.
I am approaching you at this time as I do some background research
for an IP
check with respect to the newly formed Open Source Geospaital
Foundation.
For more information:
- http://geotools.org/
- https://www.osgeo.org/
We are an international organization that meets via IRC. My first
choice would
be to ask you or your repsentative to attend a meeting. Failing
that we will
need to ask for someone in your timezone to contact you.
To attend an IRC meeting please follow the instructions on this page:
- http://www.geotools.org/display/GEOT/3.1+Internet+Relay+Chat
Sincerly,
Jody Garnett
GeoTools Project Management Committe
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