In other words, Jini is not encumbered by Trade Mark, so if we create a
sub project to maintain the Jini specifications, we can just call it Jini.
Cheers,
Peter.
Peter Firmstone wrote:
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.
