The trademark task[1] seemed a little dated to me - especially since the brand team started focusing on trademarks[2] - and poorly documented. So, I started looking into improvements...
(Apologies in advance for presenting my views here on some initial discussions on the private trademark lists. Members are encouraged to subscribe.) Just passing everything onto the brand team is likely to stretch the resources they have available. So, I think the Incubator needs to remain involved in the process. Reporting facts in public is fine but interpretation is tricky and best discussed in private[3] with experts available. So, the brand team also needs to be involved. My proposed starting point is that an improved process should separate the public (Incubator community) from the private (Brand community). Rat needs to perform it's kill search[4]. So I thought we might be able to use that as a worked example to grow an improved process. Opinions? Objections? Improvements? Comments? Robert [1] "Make sure that the requested project name does not already exist and check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name is not already trademarked for an existing software product." [2] http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ [3] Public speculation may be relevant in court [4] AIUI this is the usual name for our task --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
