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List:       incubator-general
Subject:    Re: Podling Name Searches
From:       Rob Vesse <rvesse () dotnetrdf ! org>
Date:       2015-01-26 18:38:33
Message-ID: D0EBC957.43CDD%rvesse () dotnetrdf ! org
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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 case?

Rob

On 25/01/2015 06:45, "Branko =C4=8Cibej" <brane@apache.org> wrote:

>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
>anything, especially in a different jurisdiction.
>
>> what is required in the podling name search?
>
>IMO, same as always. There's no reason for the ASF to implicitly trust
>corporate lawyers. We should always look for names that are globally
>unambiguous.
>
>-- Brane
>
>
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