On Jun 16, 2009, at 5:09 PM, SteveC wrote: > > On 16 Jun 2009, at 09:51, Stefan de Konink wrote: > >> Eric Pritchett wrote: >>> I'm sure there are more advantages, >> >> There is; there is no trade mark on the name :) > > There isn't on openstreetmap either.
My understanding is that in the US a trademark on a product is created by doing trade, whereas in Europe it's created by registering. Seems to me like the OSMF has a trademark on a collection of geodata called OpenStreetMap(tm), at least in the US. It's easier to lose a trademark than to gain one, though. Easiest way to lose one is to claim that you don't have a trademark on it. -- Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson r...@cloudmade.com - Twitter: Russ_OSM - http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
