Yes, you still need to do a podling name search. Hopefully that will
show that the existing name is already good to start with and doesn't
conflict with other, pre-existing similar software products.
If the community intends to keep the name, we need a clear donation of
the trademark itself from
One option would be to get the company involved to donate the trademark,
if you check with trademarks@a.o then I am pretty sure that has happened
in the past and they can likely guide you on procedures for this
Your wording implies that perhaps this isn't an option in this particular
podlings
All,
If a podling had its name and codebase donated from a company, which had
already secured rights to the name, what is required in the podling name
search?
John
On 25.01.2015 14:08, John D. Ament wrote:
All,
If a podling had its name and codebase donated from a company, which had
already secured rights to the name,
The term secured rights is a bit misleading. Even if they have a
registered trademark, that's no guarantee that it doesn't infringe on
