Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 07:22 -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
>> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to register the T10 vendor ID of "OSOL" for OpenSolaris.
>>>
>> Have you gotten the permission of the trademark holder for this usage or
>> are you requesting the OGB request this permission?
>>
>
> Trademarks are only relevant in some contexts (product names,
> advertising, etc.,), and expressly do not cover "functional" interfaces.
>
> See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functionality_doctrine
>
> Garrett: Are T10 vendor IDs ever used in a context where trademark is
> relevant?
>
Well, on the registry there is a text description of the entity to whom
the vendor ID is registered. Apart from that, I can't think of any.
-- Garrett
