Jeff Ramsdale wrote:
As I recall (and this is in no way a definitive answer), Sun declined
to maintain the trademark--it takes an infusion of cash paid to the
government periodically. Therefore Jini is no longer an active
trademark. This intent was stated prior to the donation to the Apache
Foundation and, of course, the Oracle takeover. If this is all true,
what I don't know is how long the last trademark payment was good for.
We need evidence.
On Thursday, January 27, 2005, a U.S. federal trademark registration was
filed for JINI. This trademark is owned by *Sun Microsystems, Inc.*
<http://www.trademarkia.com/company-sun-microsystems-inc-1174307-page-1-2>,
Santa Clara, CA 95054. The USPTO has given the JINI trademark serial
number of 78554924. The current federal status of this trademark filing
is ABANDONED - NO STATEMENT OF USE FILED.
Oracle still maintains the various jini domain names, as late as Sept 2010.
Jini.net is up for reregistration on the 6th of Februrary.
Registrant:
Oracle Corporation
500 Oracle Parkway
M/S 501ip3
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
US
Domain name: JINI.COM
Administrative Contact:
Hoynowski, Charles domain-contact...@oracle.com
500 Oracle Parkway
M/S 501ip3
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
US
+1.6506070691 Fax: +1.6506070691
Technical Contact:
Nilsson, Robert network-contact...@oracle.com
Kronborgsgrand 17
Kista, 16446
SE
+46.84773376 Fax: +46.84773376
Registration Service Provider:
Oracle Corporation, charles.hoynow...@oracle.com
650-607-0691
This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords,
DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions.
Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 28-Sep-2010.
Record expires on 06-Feb-2012.
Record created on 05-Feb-1997.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
*IP Address:* 209.62.20.188
<http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/arin-details.jsp?domainTitle=jini.net&ip=209.62.20.188> (ARIN
& RIPE IP search)
*Record Type:* Domain Name
*Server Type:* Apache 2
*Lock Status:* clientTransferProhibited
*WebSite Status:* Active
Visit AboutUs.org for more information about JINI.NET
AboutUs: JINI.NET <http://www.aboutus.org/JINI.NET>
*Registrant:* Make this info private
<http://www.networksolutions.com/domain-name-registration/private.jsp>
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara, CA 95054
US
*Domain Name:* JINI.NET
*Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :*
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
hostmas...@sun.com
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara, CA 95054
US
Phone: 1-650-960-1300
Fax: 650 336 6623
*Record expires on* 06-Feb-2011
*Record created on* 05-Feb-1997
*Database last updated on* 11-Mar-2010
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Domain ID:D362001-LROR
Domain Name:JINI.ORG
Created On:17-Jul-1997 04:00:00 UTC
Last Updated On:12-May-2010 00:25:10 UTC
Expiration Date:16-Jul-2011 04:00:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:tusfEyGgTWq4Q27M
Registrant Name:Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Registrant Organization:Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Registrant Street1:4150 Network Circle
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Santa Clara
Registrant State/Province:CA
Registrant Postal Code:95054
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.6509601300
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+1.6503366623
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:hostmas...@sun.com
Admin ID:tusfEyGgTWq4Q27M
Admin Name:Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Admin Organization:Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Admin Street1:4150 Network Circle
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Santa Clara
Admin State/Province:CA
Admin Postal Code:95054
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.6509601300
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:+1.6503366623
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:hostmas...@sun.com
Tech ID:tusfEyGgTWq4Q27M
Tech Name:Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tech Organization:Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tech Street1:4150 Network Circle
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Santa Clara
Tech State/Province:CA
Tech Postal Code:95054
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.6509601300
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:+1.6503366623
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:hostmas...@sun.com
Name Server:NS1.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server:NS2.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server:NS3.DREAMHOST.COM
-jeff
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Peter Firmstone <j...@zeus.net.au> wrote:
Hi All,
I was checking the copies we have of the Jini Specs we maintain, we've got
an index for the specs up on the Apache River website titled
"Apache Jini Specifications v2.1.2" I'm not sure this is quite right,
perhaps it should be "Jini TM Specifications implemented by Apache River
2.1.2" - Any thoughts on a suitable title for this page?
http://incubator.apache.org/river/doc/spec-index.html
Sim has been trying to encourage us to become more involved in documenting
the project, via the mail list and I think our lack of participation in this
area has been a source of frustration. There has been some significant work
performed on the Apache River web site lately, and I know we've been happy
to leave this to Sim and Tom and they've both put their hearts into this
work, but I think we all have a responsibility for the maintainence of our
projects documentation and to make sure these are correct and honor legal
obligations like trademarks and copyright's etc.
We should all have a look through our new website and make sure we've got
the t's crossed and the I's dotted for Graduation.
I think there may be some confusion about versioning of the Jini
Specifications and what the difference between Jini and Apache River is.
To clarify, Jini is a specification, owned by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle)
and developed in consultation with the "Jini Community", Jini is a trademark
owned by Oracle, Oracle also has the rights to a number of patents regarding
Jini Technology. Apache River has been granted rights to use these patents,
as part of the software grant by Sun Microsystems, there's also a patent
covenant, which covers AL2 code not included in the software grant.
Apache River now maintains the Jini Specifications (please correct me if I'm
wrong), but Oracle still owns the trademark.
I still think we need to be careful to document publicly that Jini is
trademarked by Sun Microsystems (Oracle) and Apache River is an
implementation of the Jini Specifications.
To maintain the Jini spec, do we need to follow some sort of process as the
"Jini Community", of which Apache River is a major part?
I've noticed that edits can occur on the content of these specifications
without much consultation, so I'm wondering how we should handle this
responsibility in future?
Should the Jini Specification be broken out into a sub project with
releases, votes etc?
This might be useful to include parts of com.sun.jini or accept external
contributions to the spec from downstream projects and determining future
developments, apart from our current implementation.
Cheers,
Peter.
