You can do your own free trademark search, and you can also try to get a trademark for $159. There appear to be something like 50 uses of SAGE as a trademark, at least some of them for software, software and education, software and engineering.
I am not a lawyer. On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:01:01 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 2012-05-28, Alex Ghitza <aghi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On Sun, 27 May 2012 at 10:48AM -0700, William Stein wrote: > >>>> If you think this abuse of sagetrac.org sucks, please consider > filing > >>>> a claim by clicking on "File a claim" at the above URL. Hopefully, > if > >>>> a few people complain, the site will be taken down. > >> > >> Tracking number 612381 for me. Apart from mentioning two examples of > >> posts lifted from copyrighted material, I tried to make the case that > >> the site is damaging to the reputation of the Sage community, as it > >> wrongly suggests that we engage in (or condone) this type of activity. > >> > >> Interestingly enough, one of the options given in the complaint form > >> is "cybersquatting", which is the term I would most clearly associate > >> with this (they found the door open, moved in, changed the locks, kept > >> some of our furniture but painted the walls a horrible color). > >> Unfortunately, it seems that the legal definition of "cybersquatting" > >> involves offering to sell back the domain to the original owner for a > >> considerable amount, which as far as I know has not happened (yet?). > >> > > Perhaps our BDFL can try unleasing UW lawyers on them... > > UW is interested, but first the trademark on "Sage" has to get sorted > out and officially registered. Hiring a law firm to do this *right* > can take about $5K. However, UW is willing to do this for me for > free, as long as we -- the community of Sage developers -- are OK with > University of Washington owning the trademark on "Sage" in the context > of our software. They tell me that later on they will be willing to > sell the trademark to me in exchange for the cost they had to pay to > register it. > > So... is anybody opposed to University of Washington become the > (temporary) register of the Sage trademark? I'm all for it, since I > am not a lawyer. > > -- William > On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:01:01 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 2012-05-28, Alex Ghitza <aghi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On Sun, 27 May 2012 at 10:48AM -0700, William Stein wrote: > >>>> If you think this abuse of sagetrac.org sucks, please consider > filing > >>>> a claim by clicking on "File a claim" at the above URL. Hopefully, > if > >>>> a few people complain, the site will be taken down. > >> > >> Tracking number 612381 for me. Apart from mentioning two examples of > >> posts lifted from copyrighted material, I tried to make the case that > >> the site is damaging to the reputation of the Sage community, as it > >> wrongly suggests that we engage in (or condone) this type of activity. > >> > >> Interestingly enough, one of the options given in the complaint form > >> is "cybersquatting", which is the term I would most clearly associate > >> with this (they found the door open, moved in, changed the locks, kept > >> some of our furniture but painted the walls a horrible color). > >> Unfortunately, it seems that the legal definition of "cybersquatting" > >> involves offering to sell back the domain to the original owner for a > >> considerable amount, which as far as I know has not happened (yet?). > >> > > Perhaps our BDFL can try unleasing UW lawyers on them... > > UW is interested, but first the trademark on "Sage" has to get sorted > out and officially registered. Hiring a law firm to do this *right* > can take about $5K. However, UW is willing to do this for me for > free, as long as we -- the community of Sage developers -- are OK with > University of Washington owning the trademark on "Sage" in the context > of our software. They tell me that later on they will be willing to > sell the trademark to me in exchange for the cost they had to pay to > register it. > > So... is anybody opposed to University of Washington become the > (temporary) register of the Sage trademark? I'm all for it, since I > am not a lawyer. > > -- William > -- 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
