The conflict is between OpenSER and SER...your point is very relevant to finding a new name, though, as it's not a case where it has to be completely unique to all industries.
Based on the neat project logo shown earlier, a name like proxywave, or Juevo Proxio would be good names (OK, maybe not the latter one). Jeremy McNamara wrote: > Juha Heinanen wrote: >> in case no one has answered to this yet, OpenSER project got a few >> months ago a notice from a company who has registered trademarks on >> various SER related names and that company asked OpenSER project to stop >> using OpenSER name. we had no other choice than to comply with the >> request. >> >> > > > Is the company that registered the trademark a telecom company? > When did they register the trademark? > Have they taken other steps to protect their trademark? > > > Prime example - Delta Airlines and Delta Faucet. > > > There is only a trademark conflict when the parties cannot agree on how > each party uses the trademarked term. > > > Another example: Apple Computer and The Beatles' record label called > Apple - Only when Steve Jobs decided to go the music biz with iTunes was > there 'major' problems, even then they still worked things out to keep > the brand recognition - which OpenSER has just finally started getting > and has now totally lost with this ludicrous name change. > > > I'm not fond of how Digium changed Zaptel to DAHDI either, but they > spent many years fighting it - certainly no knee jerk reaction there. > > > > Also, what inelectual property does "OpenSER" have? As far as I know, > "OpenSER" is all freely available and open source, so where is the > conflict? With Digium and Zaptel there is very significant IP (and > i'm not talking internet addresses :) > > > > >> in retrospect, it might have made sense to publish this on OpenSER >> mailing lists when the request was received. >> > > > > > Yes, a public disclosure of the request should have been made - surely > somebody has prior art (What about SER? Did they get the same request?) > > > > > > > Jeremy McNamara > > > > > P.S. I am not a lawyer, but I should become one :) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.kamailio.org > http://lists.kamailio.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.kamailio.org http://lists.kamailio.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
