Hi, I looked at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/e-TEAS/index.html where one can search for trademarks, file a trademark application, etc. It looks like it costs $325. I think filing an application for "SageMath" would be an appropriate use of Sage foundation funds.
There is a search form here: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4001:pj0t1h.1.1 I've only ever heard of trademarking math software in the context of Tim Daly remarking that "Axiom" is his registered trademark, so I searched Axiom first and found 103 hits -- the first I clicked on was for Axiom: "Providing Christian evangelistic and ministerial services directed towards athletes, athletic coaches and those whom they influence, in the sport of skateboarding". I tried searching "Axiom and software" (and similar searches) but couldn't find anything about the Axiom math software (I just thought it would be a good example). There are at least 359 registered trademarks that contain the word "Sage" in them. Searching for just "Sage" and software yields just 5 or so, including http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:pj0t1h.13.29 which is the one for the accounting software. Their description is: "Computer software for use in managing accounting and business information, retrieving accounting and business information, viewing accounting and business information, managing contacts and performing accounting functions in the fields of business management, information services, and research systems; computer software for use in electronic commerce to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network, electronic mail, Internet website hosting, Internet website development, and Internet access; and accompanying user manual documentation for use with all of the above. " If there were a problem trademarking the name Sage, it would I guess be most likely to be because of the accounting software. The word "SageMath" does not have any entries at all in the trademark database. The point of this email is to discuss: (1) Should we trademark SageMath (pretty obvious "yes")? (2) Should we also trademark Sage in the context of math software, if possible? (3) Is there somebody who like "legal stuff" who is willing to help out with the application? Because I'm not such a person. I'm not in a hurry, but think it's about time to start moving this process forward. William -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
