Is JDEE a trademark too ?
:)
Stephane
On Monday 16 July 2001 12:11, Paul Kinnucan wrote:
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> At 11:49 AM 7/16/2001 -0400, you wrote: <br>
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> <font size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>Paul,</font> <br>
> <font size=2>Accoring to
> <a href="http://tess.uspto.gov";>http://tess.uspto.gov</a> JD Edwards
> filed for the Trademark on August 17, 1999. You've been using JDE
> for much longer than that. There may be something that allows you
> to keep using the acronym since you had it first.<br>
> </font></blockquote><br>
> <br>
> Hi Don,<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for tracking this down.<br>
> <br>
> Even if they have no right to the trademark, I don't have the time or the
> resources to contest their usage. <br>
> <br>
> I have decided to use the acronym, JDEE, for the time being at least
> because it requires the least amount of effort for me to change.<br>
> <br>
> The concern thought is that this kind of bullying can be used to stifle
> free software. The only recourse for freeware authors may be to file for
> trademarks as self-defense. However, most of us don't have the time or
> the money to go through the trademark process.<br>
> <br>
> - Paul</html>
