On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 10:53, Erich Steinböck <erich.steinbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Our docs state "Open Object Rexx™ and ooRexx™ are trademarks of the Rexx > Language Association". > > I've searched several online Trademark Portals (e. g. TESS at > https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4810:74iqlo.1.1) > and cannot verify whether this is actually true. > Do keep in mind that Trademark <> Registered Trademark. The law varies from country to country, but isn't much different among "mainstream" jurisdictions. Anyone can claim a Trademark based on *existing* use in trade without registering it. Anyone can (try to) register a trademark with a country's appropriate authorities based on existing *or proposed* use. Typically the symbols ™and ® are used for these two different claims. (If those symbols don't survive email mangling, they are roughly superscript TM and superscript (R) . ) Neither of these concepts or their symbols should be confused with copyright © (C) which at least one poster seems to have done. A trademark can exist without being findable in any registration database. Do I have to say that this is not legal advice, IANAL, etc. etc... Tony H.
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