Ian Lynch wrote:
Arnie is not a typical case.
What is a typical case?
Most famous objects, people and ideas do not become famous by having a
complicated name. Of course some are, but they are the exception.
I just checked the USPTO database and I didn't find anyone owning the
word "OpenOffice". The closest match was "OpenOffice.org" owned by Sun
Microsystems. So "OpenOffice" is available.
Not in every country otherwise I am sure that Sun would not have
bothered with the .org.
The .org was nor registered until last year. Alex just checked in
Australia, and I just did another check for the UK, Canada and South
Africa. The name is not owned. It was owned once in Canada, but that
expired 3 years ago (maybe that's why Sun didn't choose it 5 years ago).
This covers practically all of the English speaking world.
For other languages you could argue that you should be using a name that
makes sense in that language in the first place (e.g. "Oficina Libre").
Cheers,
Daniel.
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