Hi, Sorry, for my last post, editing error jhs@ ------ =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote: > There is no need to register a trademark.
Agreed, probably no Need, but there might be some benefit to some commercial interests. > Kirk owns the *copyright* to > the image, which is valid world-wide at no cost. As the copyright > holder, Kirk gets to decide who is and isn't allowed to use the image > and for what purpose. Yes. I assume copyright could preempt a trade mark (& free & avoids renewal hastle ) ... (but if image re-rendered / similar ? ) There's Linux trademarks in Germany (so prob. in others countries), Aktenzeichen/__Wiedergabe____Markenform__Klassen_Aktenzustand_Anmelder Registernummer_der_Marke______________________________________/Inhaber 2050271________Deutsch_______Wort________9,_42___Akte_________Haaga,___ _______________Linux_________Bildmarke___________Vernichtet___Dirk_____ _______________Distribution___________________________________73434____ _______________-_DLD__________________________________________Aalen____ 2088936________LINUX_________Wortmarke___9_______Marke________Torvalds, _________________________________________________eingetragen__Linus,___ ______________________________________________________________Santa____ ______________________________________________________________Clara____ ______________________________________________________________Calif.,US 395190185______SUSE__________Wort/_______9,_42___Marke________SUSE_____ _______________Green_________Bildmarke___________eingetragen__Linux____ _______________Chameleon______________________________________products_ _______________Graphic________________________________________GmbH_____ ______________________________________________________________90409____ ______________________________________________________________Nuernberg Maybe its a statistical thing ? More Linux people & companies, willing to pay for a badging/ marketing angle. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text not quoted-printable, HTML or Base64 http://www.asciiribbon.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
