(Please note mixed private/publicly archived lists) Excellent question. In principle I would be happy to register podling names when we can see from the IPMC that 1) the podling's PPMC is organized, 2) has a clear consensus they want to register the name, and 3) and shows clear progress towards community diversity and graduation.
However organizing paying the cost is still an issue we'll need to address. Currently, the ASF uses DLAPiper as our pro bono trademark counsel, so they don't charge us for helping to prepare the paperwork to register your software product name. However we still need to pay the USPTO registry fee of 275USD per application, which DLAPiper invoices us for in their monthly bill of services. Separately: does the Corinthia PPMC have some specific reason to believe this name will be difficult to register? Also, will there be any particular reason to request registering the name either as a service (i.e. for support services the PMC and committers provide directly), or in other jurisdictions besides the US? Note that registrations beyond the first USPTO registration for the software product itself are often more expensive, typically 1K-2K USD. - Shane On 3/26/15 5:46 PM, jan i wrote: > Hi. > > Some of us in incubator project Corinthia, are worried about not having > a registered trademark. > > I am aware of the board decision not to waste money on Podlings, I do > also see that changing that decision will take time (I work on this > with the IPMC). > > An official question to trademarks from podling corinthia. > > Can we, if we provide a sponsor (in reality one of the PMC members), > have our trademarks registered under ASF ? and what would the price be ? > > Sorry for being consistent, but we have reason to believe that not > registering this early, might force a name change later. > > On behalf of the Corinthia podling. > rgds > jan I. > > > Ps. Shane I will be in Austin, if you prefer to discuss this in person. > >
