Re: Debian Perl: Digital Detective

[Felix Lechner]

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 12:09 PM Sean Whitton  wrote:
>
> > Interesting, but I do wonder how compliant that is with our trademark...?

Our comments here are limited to avoid potential issues in the future
under the theory of estoppel [1] but consumers may have to confuse the
book with our free software distribution, i.e. buy one instead of the
other.

Also, please have a closer look at our trademark class [2] which
includes some downloadable media content, but may or may not apply to
works of art. [3]

I have no legal training. Please do not rely on this message in any way. Thanks!

Kind regards,

Felix Lechner
on behalf of the Trademark team

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel
[2] 
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/trademark-class-9-computers-scientific-devices.html
[3] https://www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/trademarks-in-works-of-art-are-allowed

Re: Debian Perl: Digital Detective

[Sean Whitton]

Hello,

On Wed 01 Dec 2021 at 12:06PM +02, Wouter Verhelst wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:24:49PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
>> Title: "Debian Perl: Digital Detective"
>> Subtitle: "The Memory Thief"
>> Also on cover: "Solve the case like a coding pro!"
>>
>> Blurb:
>>
>> Megalopolis used to be the city hub for all the makers, doers, and
>> dreamers. It was a better time according to Debian Perl, a
>> technomancer known for her out-of-date computer programming
>> skills. Now the city streets are filled with "Egg-heads," those in
>> thrall to the ease and simplicity of new technology as opposed to
>> Debian's way of doing things. Digits is one of those Egg-heads. She
>> is a young social media guru and knows her way around all the
>> newest, latest technology. Debian and Digits cross paths when they
>> both stumble across a 100-year-old lost robot named Ray-Bot. They
>> soon learn that Ray-Bot's CPU was suspiciously overclocked, leaving
>> him unable to perform basic functions and commands. To find out
>> where the robot came from, Debian must teach Digits everything she
>> knows about computer coding and programming. Along their journey to
>> bring Ray-Bot home, they begin piecing together the mysterious
>> puzzle about his malfunction and uncover some sinister secrets.
>>
>> Debian Perl: Digital Detective is a five-book series in which
>> middle-grade readers will join Debian and Digits on mystery
>> adventures all while building practical knowledge of coding,
>> algorithms, algebra, and logical problem-solving.
>>
>> A bargain at $12.99.
>>
>> 
>
> Interesting, but I do wonder how compliant that is with our trademark...?

Mm.  Adding tradem...@debian.org to To:.

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Re: Debian Perl: Digital Detective

[Russ Allbery]

Wouter Verhelst  writes:

> Interesting, but I do wonder how compliant that is with our
> trademark...?

At least in the United States the Debian trademark is only in [1]:

IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer operating systems;
Computer utility programs.

My (non-lawyer) understanding of US trademark law is that use in a
non-competing field, such as a character in a book, wouldn't be covered.
I know nothing about non-US trademark law.

[1] https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc=4805:7n55lw.2.1
https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc=4805:7n55lw.2.2

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Re: Debian Perl: Digital Detective

[Wouter Verhelst]

Hi Sean,

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:24:49PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Title: "Debian Perl: Digital Detective"
> Subtitle: "The Memory Thief"
> Also on cover: "Solve the case like a coding pro!"
> 
> Blurb:
> 
> Megalopolis used to be the city hub for all the makers, doers, and
> dreamers. It was a better time according to Debian Perl, a
> technomancer known for her out-of-date computer programming
> skills. Now the city streets are filled with "Egg-heads," those in
> thrall to the ease and simplicity of new technology as opposed to
> Debian's way of doing things. Digits is one of those Egg-heads. She
> is a young social media guru and knows her way around all the
> newest, latest technology. Debian and Digits cross paths when they
> both stumble across a 100-year-old lost robot named Ray-Bot. They
> soon learn that Ray-Bot's CPU was suspiciously overclocked, leaving
> him unable to perform basic functions and commands. To find out
> where the robot came from, Debian must teach Digits everything she
> knows about computer coding and programming. Along their journey to
> bring Ray-Bot home, they begin piecing together the mysterious
> puzzle about his malfunction and uncover some sinister secrets.
> 
> Debian Perl: Digital Detective is a five-book series in which
> middle-grade readers will join Debian and Digits on mystery
> adventures all while building practical knowledge of coding,
> algorithms, algebra, and logical problem-solving.
> 
> A bargain at $12.99.
> 
> 

Interesting, but I do wonder how compliant that is with our trademark...?

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