Thank you Ronald for bringing this to our attention.
I will forward this as well to the Blender community.
Kind regards,
Monique
<mailto:m.dewanch...@atmind.nl>
On 2/15/13 8:17 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote:
Hi,
The PSF needs help in oppossing a trademark application for the term
"Python" in the EU that is not related to our favorite programming
language. See the e-mail from Van Lindberg for more information.
Regards,
Ronald
P.S. The letter is also on the PSF blog at
<http://pyfound.blogspot.nl/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html>
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *VanL <van.lindb...@gmail.com <mailto:van.lindb...@gmail.com>>
*Subject: **[PSF-Members] We need your help in Europe - important*
*Date: *14 February, 2013 19:42:46 GMT+01:00
*To: *PSF Members List <psf-memb...@python.org
<mailto:psf-memb...@python.org>>
Hello everyone,
Some time ago, we asked for information about Python usage in Europe.
For anyone who works in a company that has an office in a EU
Community member state, we need your help.
There is a company in the UK that is trying to trademark the use of
the term "Python" for all software, services, servers... pretty much
anything having to do with a computer. Specifically, it is the
company that got a hold on the python.co.uk <http://python.co.uk>
domain 13 years ago. At that time we weren't looking a lot at
trademark issues, and so we didn't get that domain.
This hasn't been an issue since then because the python.co.uk
<http://python.co.uk> domain has, for most of its life, just
forwarded its traffic on to the parent companies, veber.co.uk
<http://veber.co.uk> and pobox.co.uk <http://pobox.co.uk>.
Unfortunately, Veber has decided that they want to start using the
name "Python" for their server products.
We contacted the owners of python.co.uk <http://python.co.uk>
repeatedly and tried to discuss the matter with them. They blew us
off and responded by filing the community trademark application
claiming the exclusive right to use "Python" for software, servers,
and web services - everywhere in Europe\.
We got legal counsel in the UK and we (the PSF) are opposing the
community trademark application, but our own trademark application
hasn't yet matured. Accordingly, we are going with the trademark
rights we have developed through using "Python" consistently over the
past 20 years.
According to our London counsel, some of the best pieces of evidence
we can submit to the European trademark office are official letters
from well-known companies "using PYTHON branded software in various
member states of the EU" so that we can "obtain independent witness
statements from them attesting to the trade origin significance of
the PYTHON mark in connection with the software and related
goods/services." We also need evidence of use throughout the EU.
What can you do?
1. Do you work for a company that uses Python? Are in the EU, do you
hire in the EU, or do you have an office in the EU? Could you write a
letter on company letterhead that we can forward to our EU counsel?
We would want:
1) just a brief description of how Python is used at your company,
2) how your company looks for and recognizes "Python" as only
coming from the PSF, and
3) your view that another company using term Python to refer to
services, software, and servers would be confusing
This doesn't need to be long - just a couple of paragraphs, but we
would want any description of how you use Python for software, web
hosting, Internet servers, VPNs, design and development of computer
hardware or software, hosting websites, renting servers (like
Openstack), or backup services. For those who are interested the
specific class descriptions are at the bottom of this message. [1][2]
You can send a PDF copy of the letter to psf-tradema...@python.org
2. Do you have, or know of, anything that was published in the EU and
uses "Python" to refer to Python-the-language? Can we get copies,
pictures, or scans? This includes:
- Books
- Pamphlets
- Conference programs or talks
- Job listings
- Magazines or other publications
- Prospectuses
You can send a PDF scan of the materials to psf-tradema...@python.org
Please let me know - and if there are any questions that I can
answer, let me know. If you know someone who might have this
information, please feel free to forward this.
Thanks,
Van
_______________________
Van Lindberg
Python Software Foundation
v...@python.org
[1] Class 9 - Computer software; Servers for web hosting; VPN
[virtual private network] hardware; Internet servers; Internet servers.
[2] Class 42 - Design and development of computer hardware and
software; Website hosting services; Hosting computer sites
[websites]; Hosting the websites of others; Hosting of websites;
Hosting the web sites of others on a computer server for a global
computer network; Hosting websites on the Internet; Hosting the web
sites of others; Web hosting services; Hosting of digital content,
namely, on-line journals and blogs; Application service provider
[ASP], namely, hosting computer software applications of others;
Website hosting services; Hosting of digital content on the internet;
Hosting of web sites; Hosting web sites; Hosting web sites for
others; Hosting websites of others; Hosting of internet sites;
Hosting the computer sites (web sites) of others; Web site hosting
services; Hosting computer sites [web sites]; Hosting web sites of
others; Rental of web servers; Servers (rental of web-); Servers
(Rental of Web -).
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