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Andrew Jaquith commented on JSPWIKI-547:
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@Harry: NameProtect is a commercial service that requires a login (and
presumably, the payment of fees, although their website doesn't say so
directly). The Apache guidance on project naming at
http://www.apache.org/dev/project-names.html doesn't say anything about using
NameProtect. I think the due diligence I've performed should be satisfactory.
@Janne: You are right that trademarks may form through repeated use. And yes,
it would be a little weird if the ownership of the trademark JSPWiki passes to
Apache, but not the domain jspwiki.org. Seems to me you have three choices:
* Grant Apache rights to use the JSPWiki trademark, but retain ownership
yourself (which I suspect is a non-starter)
* Transfer the ownership of "JSPWiki" to Apache, but retain the rights to use
jspwiki.org for your use
* Pick another project name (not JSPWiki) that fulfills Apache naming
guidelines, but doesn't infringe your trademark. I suspect this is also a
non-starter.
Not sure how to proceed here. As far as demonstrating non-infringement is
concerned, I think we're done. Putting together a "side-letter" agreement
between Janne and Apache, it seems to me, would be a separate task.
> Project name trademark issues
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> Key: JSPWIKI-547
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-547
> Project: JSPWiki
> Issue Type: Task
> Reporter: Janne Jalkanen
> Assignee: Andrew Jaquith
> Fix For: Graduating
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> Check project name trademark issues. Question, what about jspwiki.org domain?
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