David Lyon schrieb: > Legal talk again..... > > If you guys are serious about doing a foundation... then you > also must seriously start to entertain the neccessity for a name > change. > > I have looked up Lazarus on the US Trademarks system, it is already > registered. > > tess2.uspto.gov > > Register with this name, and chances of losing any property you own > because somebody "gunna sue your a#se" are pretty high. Doesn't matter > really what country you live in... they can come after you.... trust me.... > > Sorry..... > > For Lazarus to go legal, it needs a new name, registrable as a > trademark... no way around it... I have spent a lot of money being > lectured about how important this is by my lawyer in the past..... > > here are just one of the results of my search... > > these guys could do a lot of damage..... they just need to find a > student information app that compiles under Lazarus/fpc and you're blown > out of the water. Pardon my strong language.... but this message needs > to be conveyed.... > > *LAZARUS* > *Goods and Services* IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: Providing temporary use > of non-downloadable database software for storage and retrieval of data > transmission and report generation regarding student information > administration. FIRST USE: 20030701. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20040703 > *Mark Drawing Code* (1) TYPED DRAWING > *Serial Number* 76526464 > *Filing Date* June 20, 2003
Doesn't matter at least in Germany, we can easily prove that lazarus used the term lazarus before. > *Current Filing Basis* 1A > *Original Filing Basis* 1B > *Published for Opposition* July 27, 2004 > *Registration Number* 2992880 > *Registration Date* September 6, 2005 > *Owner* (REGISTRANT) Antilles Institue of Technology CORPORATION PUERTO > RICO 1173 65th Infantry Ave. San Juan PUERTO RICO 00924 > *Attorney of Record* Eugenio J. Torres Oyola > *Type of Mark* SERVICE MARK > *Register* PRINCIPAL > *Live/Dead Indicator* LIVE > > _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives