Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:06 AM, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > As Sage grows, we may have to face more and more crap like [1] and > possibly attacks from others, which might force us to completely > change the name of our project to have nothing to do with "sage", > which would wreak havoc on google searches, etc. To stop this before > it is too late, I talked with a patent/trademark attorney at > University of Washington yesterday.
I just wanted to say that you should do this, and soon: a few months ago I ended up involved in a trademark dispute over the name 'ipython' because someone decided to make an iOS app with that name (that had nothing to do with the 'real' ipython). We ended up getting support from the Python Software Foundation who intervened to resolve it, as well as numfocus.org that covered the legal fees involved, and it all turned out OK, but it was a huge hassle, an aggravation and ultimately a waste of time I'd much rather have spent coding. So this is *not* just hypotheticals, and the sooner you get an ironclad trademark registration for Sage, the better. Having that written by good IP lawyers (such as the ones UW has, I'm sure) is important. I know you were already moving forward, I just wanted to provide you with a bit of context in case anyone had doubts this was a real problem. Cheers, f -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
