On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 09:31:53PM -0700, Brian Behlendorf wrote: > Is there a document or email somewhere that describes a situation where > Debian has had to enforce its trademarks? Did anything go beyond an email > threat to pursue? I'm just worried that no one's really tried to enforce > a trademark on an open source project before, in front of a judge, even if > email threats worked.
Why are you worried? Trademark law seems fairly simple (for laws), and "open source" doesn't seem to make a difference here. It's just "We have this trademark, registered on the 31 of February 2002, they're using it without permission, and they ignored the a cease-and-disest we sent them." Unless you've let others use the trademark in defiance of your license (which worries me about Linux(tm)), it should be a simple case. -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg
