On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Drew Jensen 
> <drewjensen.in...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Howdy Rob,
>>
>> Ah trademarks - yes, I agree the Apache OpenOffice should have a TM, a la:
>> "IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ is a suite of open source office applications."
>>
>
> FYI on the existing consultant entries
> http://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultants.html
>
> none have the TM after Apache OpenOffice, and some don't even have "Apache"
> in front of OpenOffice. So...not sure if we should manually correct these
> already approved submissions.
>

I think the concern is how OpenOffice is referenced on the vendor's
linked website, not on our own website.  All www.openoffice.org pages
are already covered by having the logo in the upper left, since that
has the (TM) symbol.

Regards,

-Rob

> Of course, it's our site so we can do what we want. My point is we should
> be consistent in how OpenOffice is presented in them -- with "Apache" or
> not; with TM after or not.
>
>
>
>>
>> A couple of quick questions if I may.
>> Will the support only be available to those with the IBM connectors? IIRC
>> that was the plan  in the past.
>>
>> Also, does IBM have any plans to list AOO support on the United States GSA
>> registry? This was available in the past but not available for the last few
>> years.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> //drew
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > > From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org]
>> >
>> > > >
>> > > > Sorry, but I think the website does not comply with the
>> > > necessary formalities.
>> > > >
>> > > > Always has been emphasized, these are marked on the
>> > > relevant websites trademark of Apache, for example:
>> > > >
>> > > > "IBM Support for Apache OpenOffice <TM>"
>> > > >
>> > > > and not only:
>> > > >
>> > > > "IBM Support for Apache OpenOffice"
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > I think that would be more confusing.
>> >
>> > Sorry, but appearance is imho not so much the issue here, but rather
>> > trademark rights of Apache.
>> > Yes, that is formal, but how else should this be handled?
>> >
>> > > It would suggest the entire
>> > > name was a trademark since it is a continuous name with capital
>> > > letters.
>> >
>> > It does not have to be in the headline. Put identification in continuous
>> > text, for example in:
>> >
>> > "IBM® Support for Apache OpenOffice™ offers expert technical support for
>> > Apache OpenOffice™, ..."
>> >
>> > where IBM is already marked with ®.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Greetings,
>> > Jörg
>> >
>> >
>> >
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