There is no C&D notification of any sort, which is why I doubt this is an issue - different IP domain entirely and NO registered trademarks or patents. If you look at the email post (http://jsecurity.org/node/1081), what he's really saying is "we expect that a different name would be chosen as to not confuse members of either community", say, when seeing google search listings.
They never said "please don't use it", or "you can't use it". There is no C&D. I responded to him and refuted the claim of 'similar branding' (there isn't any at all). I haven't received any response. If they had an attorney I wonder if the attorney would say that they couldn't send a C&D because of the dramatically different domain and they don't even have a Trademark on which to base it. IANAL, so it'd be nice to have a lawyer confirm. Heck, if I knew how much it costs do file a Trademark on the name and the costs are not prohibitive, I'll just buy it and donate it to the ASF. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok, > > I just discussed with Bill Rowe (one of the board member) about the name > issue. Here is his thought about it : > - jsecurity, cool name, but might not worth fighting against Juniper > - Ki, he would like to get a copy of the C&D letter forwarded to PRC, where > the trademark matters are being discussed. > > So basically, let's first post this letter to PRC (if not already done), > and start discuss this there. > > Thanks ! > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > >
