Re: [Oorexx-devel] Trademarks

2023-01-06 Thread Tony Harminc
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 10:53, Erich Steinböck wrote: > Our docs state "Open Object Rexx™ and ooRexx™ are trademarks of the Rexx > Language Association". > > I've searched several online Trademark Portals (e. g. TESS at > https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4810:74iqlo.1.1) > a

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Trademarks

2023-01-06 Thread J Leslie Turriff
Trademark does not protect ownership as such, it protects the NAME of the product from being spoofed by someone as their own. Leslie On 2023-01-06 10:19:57 René Jansen wrote: > Hi Erich, > > IBM has stated to have transferred the trademarks to The Rexx Language > Association. I have hea

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Trademarks

2023-01-06 Thread René Jansen
“Open Object Rexx as legal successor and derivative work of Object Rexx” Having said that, I would like to flag this as a contentious subject, because solving this, IMHO, does not serve any useful purpose. Also, we have several jurisdictions, with you being in Austria, RexxLA being in North Caro

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Trademarks

2023-01-06 Thread Erich Steinböck
Hi René, persons employed by IBM at the time, and in charge of Object Rexx > but then would IBM trademarks not have been for maybe "oRexx or "Object Rexx", but not "ooRexx" or "Open Object Rexx"? ___ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourcefor

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Trademarks

2023-01-06 Thread René Jansen
Hi Erich, IBM has stated to have transferred the trademarks to The Rexx Language Association. I have heard this statement in person from at least two different persons employed by IBM at the time, and in charge of Object Rexx. The document signed between RexxLA and IBM has (project phase II) “T

[Oorexx-devel] Trademarks

2023-01-06 Thread Erich Steinböck
Our docs state "Open Object Rexx™ and ooRexx™ are trademarks of the Rexx Language Association". I've searched several online Trademark Portals (e. g. TESS at https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4810:74iqlo.1.1) and cannot verify whether this is actually true. Is "Open Object