I think it makes sense to trademark FOP & Batik. Thoughts? Cheers! Clay
-- "My religion is simple. My religion is kindness." - HH The Dalai Lama of Tibet Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Curcuru <[email protected]> > Date: May 19, 2014 at 6:55:54 PM PDT > To: [email protected] > Cc: Apache Brand Management <[email protected]> > Subject: PMCs interested in registering your trademark? > Reply-To: [email protected] > Reply-To: Apache Brand Management <[email protected]> > > (please reply-to trademarks@, and *not* to pmcs@) > > We have secured budget to register some active and widely used Apache product > names as registered trademarks in the US. Please let trademarks@ know if > your PMC is interested in pursuing this. Registering product names has > several benefits: > > - Reduces the risk of future conflicts, since most software vendors search > trademark registries before attempting to use a name. > > - Greatly improves our ability to police third party use of the name, since > most organizations understand what registered trademarks are and will quickly > comply with our requests. > > - Improves our ability to defend the name in the rare cases of a challenge, > usually only from aggressive companies in other first-to-file countries. > > All of these things help to ensure that the ASF can efficiently defend our > project brands and ensure that our projects can operate independently from > undue commercial influence. > > Note that PMCs will need to provide some historical project information, and > will need to update their website to use (R) instead of TM as well as agree > to be diligent about policing use of their name. Similarly, given our budget > there is a limit to the number and type of names we will be able to register > - we'd like to hear from any PMC that is interested in registering, although > we may not be able to actually register for every PMC interested. > > Thanks! > > Reminder > -------- > > The board expects that PMCs will lead and actively manage their project's > brand with a similar care to how they manage their community and code. > Please be sure your PMC understands these links: > > PMC Branding Responsibilities > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/responsibility.html > > Apache Brand Use Reporting Guidelines > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/reporting.html > > Two useful sets of slides from ApacheCon NA 2014 > http://www.slideshare.net/shanecurcuru/policing-apachebranduse-scurcuruapachecon2014-33452407 > - for PMCs > > http://www.slideshare.net/shanecurcuru/supporting-apache-brands-while-making-a-profit-apachecon2014 > - for vendors and sponsors > > In particular, if any part of the brand policies aren't clear, please let us > know on trademarks@. The ASF is here to provide a happy home for like-minded > projects: we need PMCs to let us know how we can better explanations or > provide assistance with Apache-wide policies. > > Similarly, if any PMC has questions about how to monitor brand use, please > contact trademarks@ - especially for any questions that involve third > parties. Managing project brands is not like managing code: trademark law is > a very messy compiler, and changes in project branding and policies are not > something you can simply revert. > > Thanks! > > -- > - Shane Curcuru > Vice President, Brand Management > The Apache Software Foundation > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
