Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark Canonical

2013-11-08 Thread Peter Sullivan
Darn phone keyboard: non-English On Nov 8, 2013 10:19 AM, Peter Sullivan peterms...@gmail.com wrote: Also just as a legal aside, Ubuntu is _actually_ a real word in a real living language. As such no court in any country on God's Green Earth would do more than merely laugh the case out as it

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark Canonical

2013-11-08 Thread Philip Ballew
I think in order to fully understand this issue, we need to see all sides of the story, and not a blog post of one of the people involved in the event taking place. This email is a re-tweet from someone who is largely very anti Canonical, This list needs to find a way to get a clear and concise

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark Canonical

2013-11-08 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Josh Berkus j...@agliodbs.com wrote: On 11/07/2013 05:07 PM, Jono Bacon wrote: I don't think is trademark law to silence a critic. I think it is trademark law to protect a trademark. Seems more likely to be inadequate staff lawyer supervision to me. If you