Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Steve Loughran
Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
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Surely Apache has run into this before, no?

Yup. For example Microsoft has Avalon, and Sony has Cocoon. But our 
projects are "Apache Avalon" and "Apache Cocoon".

So it's not *strictly* necessary to change the name, but why risk 
when you don't have a brand to protect anyhow.

Is it possible for a company to register a name which is used by others
in the same domain earlier?
 >
E.g. if Apache uses "Ant" for years; can Microsoft register that name
for another neat tool now?

IANAL, but AFAIK no.
I think it often comes down to size of legal team. Windows(tm) is meant 
to refer to MS windows when you write some app like "Random File Deleter 
for Windows" or "Sobig.F email worm for Windows".

Sun are fussy about anything using Java and J2EE, too. very fussy.
The trick in these situatins is to win by losing wittily:
1. ...a few years back Apple were using bogus science concepts for the 
names of products, like 'Cold Fusion' and 'Carl Sagan'. But the latter 
discovered there was a product nicknamed Sagan in the works and sent 
threatening letters. So it was renamed 'BHA' for butt-head-astronomer.

2. Every so often Scott Adams gets threatening letters about something 
and demand retractions. They do so, in a way that is designed to make 
fun of the litigant. An example of this was one where they said AntFarm 
without making clear it was trademarked, which resulted in a cartoon like

Dogbert: we are advised that antfarm is a trademark of somebody 
Dilbert: so what do you call something where you breed ugly little 
creatures for fun
Dogbert: law school



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RE: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Jan . Materne
BTW, I googled for that dictionary:
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/

For all other guys who aren´t knowing all that stuff :-)


Jan



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RE: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Jan . Materne
Thanks :-)

Jan

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> >Jan
> >
>  From the Jargon Dictionary:
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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread alec
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IANAL, but AFAIK no.
Nicola Ken Barozzi   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   

I know AFAIK (as far as i know), but what is IANAL?
Jan
From the Jargon Dictionary:
*IANAL*  /[Usenet]/ Abbreviation, "I Am Not A Lawyer". 
  Usually precedes legal advice.

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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
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IANAL, but AFAIK no.
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RE: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Jan . Materne
> IANAL, but AFAIK no.
> 
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I know AFAIK (as far as i know), but what is IANAL?


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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
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Surely Apache has run into this before, no?
Yup. For example Microsoft has Avalon, and Sony has Cocoon. But our 
projects are "Apache Avalon" and "Apache Cocoon".

So it's not *strictly* necessary to change the name, but why 
risk when 
you don't have a brand to protect anyhow.
Is it possible for a company to register a name which is used by others
in the same domain earlier?
>
E.g. if Apache uses "Ant" for years; can Microsoft register that name
for another neat tool now?
IANAL, but AFAIK no.
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RE: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Gardiner, Sam
What about Ant Driver, by association with African Driver ants?

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/268feature1.shtml

a bit scary perhaps, but short and not in latin.


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Maybe another animal
  AFE - Ant Front End  (german Affe - ape)  :-)

or should we consult the movie "Forrest Gumb" once again ?


Jan


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> > Anyways: If we have to rename it, I propose to use a simple 
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RE: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Jan . Materne
Maybe another animal
  AFE - Ant Front End  (german Affe - ape)  :-)

or should we consult the movie "Forrest Gumb" once again ?


Jan


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> > Anyways: If we have to rename it, I propose to use a simple 
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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:21:45 +0200 (MEST)
"Christoph Wilhelms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Anyways: If we have to rename it, I propose to use a simple and gereic name
> like "Ant GUI".

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RE: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Jan . Materne
> > Surely Apache has run into this before, no?
> 
> Yup. For example Microsoft has Avalon, and Sony has Cocoon. But our 
> projects are "Apache Avalon" and "Apache Cocoon".
> 
> So it's not *strictly* necessary to change the name, but why 
> risk when 
> you don't have a brand to protect anyhow.


Is it possible for a company to register a name which is used by others
in the same domain earlier?

E.g. if Apache uses "Ant" for years; can Microsoft register that name
for another neat tool now?


Jan


Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-17 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Adam R. B. Jack wrote:
You may be right, because "antidote" is a commonly used word, but I am
with Stefan here and I feel playing save can't be bad :-).

What are the chances that the new name isn't a clash with somebody else
somewhere? How far/wide do you search? Do you change again in a while when
somebody surfaces? When does it end?
I think typically folks w/ name clashes, who don't truly clash in
product/concept/marketing typically just learn to ignore it and coexist. The
Internet is too big for no clashes. Maybe call it org.apache.ant.idote or
something. ;-)
Surely Apache has run into this before, no?
Yup. For example Microsoft has Avalon, and Sony has Cocoon. But our 
projects are "Apache Avalon" and "Apache Cocoon".

So it's not *strictly* necessary to change the name, but why risk when 
you don't have a brand to protect anyhow.

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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Matt Benson
Not bad, maybe...

-Matt

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> > Cool idea; unfortunately the word seems to be
> here:
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> >
>
http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ommatidium
> >
> > Not too friendly.
> 
> You're right, "ommatidium" sounds like something
> Winnie the Pooh would hum to himself.
> 
> How about "Formiga"? It's the Portuges word for Ant
> and the Ant Gui is mostly forms,
> so it's a nice pun.
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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Jack J. Woehr
Matt Benson wrote:

> Cool idea; unfortunately the word seems to be here:
>
> http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ommatidium
>
> Not too friendly.

You're right, "ommatidium" sounds like something Winnie the Pooh would hum to 
himself.

How about "Formiga"? It's the Portuges word for Ant and the Ant Gui is mostly 
forms,
so it's a nice pun.

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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Matt Benson
Cool idea; unfortunately the word seems to be here:

http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ommatidium

Not too friendly.  Another cool thing about this idea
is that an arthropod eye is multifaceted, and the
concept of a "facet" is closely related to the concept
of a "facade," which the Ant GUI also should be.

What is lacking on the Ant GUI's development?

-Matt

--- "Jack J. Woehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christoph Wilhelms wrote:
> 
> > Additionally: Renaming sounds like a "not too bad"
> idea, because I found
> > (using Google) some virus detection programs
> called "Antidote"...
> >
> > Thoughts!?!
> 
> I never liked the name, it sounds like Ant is a
> disease that you need Antidote for :-)
> 
> Isn't there a special Latin term for the composite
> eye of an Ant? The GUI is an
> Ant eye. We should figure out some cool Latin name
> for an Ant eye and name it that.
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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Jack J. Woehr
Christoph Wilhelms wrote:

> Additionally: Renaming sounds like a "not too bad" idea, because I found
> (using Google) some virus detection programs called "Antidote"...
>
> Thoughts!?!

I never liked the name, it sounds like Ant is a disease that you need Antidote 
for :-)

Isn't there a special Latin term for the composite eye of an Ant? The GUI is an
Ant eye. We should figure out some cool Latin name for an Ant eye and name it 
that.

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RE: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Christoph Wilhelms
Wow Steve!

Impressive research :-)! Well done! Nearly nothing to add :-)!

> Perhaps we just make sure that we call it Apache ANTidote on 
> all the web 
> page & docs tonight, send him a letter saying we have made 
> sure that we 
> use the full name. If he insists then raise the stakes by 
> asking for to 
> see the USPTO registration as you cannot find it in the search engine.
>
> finally, if we do to change the products name we ping the 
> virus software 
> vendors and ask if they have received the same emails & what their 
> action will be. heh.

Agreed. The one and only reason I'd still feel better renaming ANTidote
to "Ant GUI" (as it is generic as possible) is to avoid a "dissuasion"
(hope it is the right term), wich would cause minimumly lawyer costs, we
can't afford... I do not even think that the name of the Ant GUI is
worth a chance of getting in trouble...

Thoughts?
Chris

By the way: still need more developers for the Ant GUI (commercial block
end ;-))


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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Gus Heck
Hmm I have this suspicion that we are just an ancillary target, these 
people probably really want to sue the virus software people who likely 
have some money to sue for. The problem is that if they don't pursue 
everyone, they probably can't go after the big one and have the courts 
beleive them. They might well accept a simple cheap workaround like the 
"Apache Antidote" name, as it aquiesses to thier trademark in name at 
least, and then they don't have to spend money chasing us.

Also, if there is no trademark on file at the USPTO, we could of course 
get the trademark and tell them to stop using ours, but that might not 
be the peaceful easy and cheap way out

-Gus
Steve Loughran wrote:
Adam R. B. Jack wrote:
You may be right, because "antidote" is a commonly used word, but I am
with Stefan here and I feel playing save can't be bad :-).

What are the chances that the new name isn't a clash with somebody else
somewhere? How far/wide do you search? Do you change again in a while 
when
somebody surfaces? When does it end?

when we bring a real product to market we pay lots of people for 
branding, user acceptance queries, etc. Even so, when you look at the 
global naming space, there are many cases of misnamed products. e.g 
The vauxhall/opel nova translated to 'no go' in spanish for example, 
which isnt good naming for a car, even though in the 1.1L version it 
was pretty apt.


I think typically folks w/ name clashes, who don't truly clash in
product/concept/marketing typically just learn to ignore it and 
coexist. The
Internet is too big for no clashes. Maybe call it 
org.apache.ant.idote or
something. ;-)

google for antidote and software:
Antidote for PC viruses
http://www.vintage-solutions.com/English/Antivirus/Super/
Antidote medical billing
http://www.donwalsh.com/antidote/antidote.html
Antidote computer services
http://www.antidotecomputer.com/
The PC virus one crops up all the time.
Also a search of the USPTO of use registrations (try under)
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=vlg2jr.1.1
shows that only antidote computer services have a live US registration
The EU search engine 
http://oami.eu.int/search/trademark/la/en_tm_search.cfm
shows nothing; I dont know what that means.

If it were just me, I would tell whoever sent the letter to Christophe 
that our product is a separate product from theirs, and we don't think 
there will be any more confusion between them than say MS office and 
Star Office. But I dont want to escalate things too out of hand. 
Indeed, given you are meant to call Ooo OpenOffice.org to distinguish 
it from OpenOffice, you can get very close to a trademark and still be 
clear. But it is too early to escalate.

Perhaps we just make sure that we call it Apache ANTidote on all the 
web page & docs tonight, send him a letter saying we have made sure 
that we use the full name. If he insists then raise the stakes by 
asking for to see the USPTO registration as you cannot find it in the 
search engine.

finally, if we do to change the products name we ping the virus 
software vendors and ask if they have received the same emails & what 
their action will be. heh.


Surely Apache has run into this before, no?

probably. There is some kind of Apache perfume registered, I see.
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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Steve Loughran
Adam R. B. Jack wrote:
You may be right, because "antidote" is a commonly used word, but I am
with Stefan here and I feel playing save can't be bad :-).

What are the chances that the new name isn't a clash with somebody else
somewhere? How far/wide do you search? Do you change again in a while when
somebody surfaces? When does it end?
when we bring a real product to market we pay lots of people for 
branding, user acceptance queries, etc. Even so, when you look at the 
global naming space, there are many cases of misnamed products. e.g The 
vauxhall/opel nova translated to 'no go' in spanish for example, which 
isnt good naming for a car, even though in the 1.1L version it was 
pretty apt.


I think typically folks w/ name clashes, who don't truly clash in
product/concept/marketing typically just learn to ignore it and coexist. The
Internet is too big for no clashes. Maybe call it org.apache.ant.idote or
something. ;-)
google for antidote and software:
Antidote for PC viruses
http://www.vintage-solutions.com/English/Antivirus/Super/
Antidote medical billing
http://www.donwalsh.com/antidote/antidote.html
Antidote computer services
http://www.antidotecomputer.com/
The PC virus one crops up all the time.
Also a search of the USPTO of use registrations (try under)
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=vlg2jr.1.1
shows that only antidote computer services have a live US registration
The EU search engine http://oami.eu.int/search/trademark/la/en_tm_search.cfm
shows nothing; I dont know what that means.
If it were just me, I would tell whoever sent the letter to Christophe 
that our product is a separate product from theirs, and we don't think 
there will be any more confusion between them than say MS office and 
Star Office. But I dont want to escalate things too out of hand. Indeed, 
given you are meant to call Ooo OpenOffice.org to distinguish it from 
OpenOffice, you can get very close to a trademark and still be clear. 
But it is too early to escalate.

Perhaps we just make sure that we call it Apache ANTidote on all the web 
page & docs tonight, send him a letter saying we have made sure that we 
use the full name. If he insists then raise the stakes by asking for to 
see the USPTO registration as you cannot find it in the search engine.

finally, if we do to change the products name we ping the virus software 
vendors and ask if they have received the same emails & what their 
action will be. heh.


Surely Apache has run into this before, no?
probably. There is some kind of Apache perfume registered, I see.
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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Adam R. B. Jack
> You may be right, because "antidote" is a commonly used word, but I am
> with Stefan here and I feel playing save can't be bad :-).

What are the chances that the new name isn't a clash with somebody else
somewhere? How far/wide do you search? Do you change again in a while when
somebody surfaces? When does it end?

I think typically folks w/ name clashes, who don't truly clash in
product/concept/marketing typically just learn to ignore it and coexist. The
Internet is too big for no clashes. Maybe call it org.apache.ant.idote or
something. ;-)

Surely Apache has run into this before, no?

regards

Adam


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RE: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Christoph Wilhelms
> I don't know much about trademark law, but doesn't it matter if their 
> trademark precedes our usage? I'm pretty sure I can't declare 
> "Red" to 
> be my trademark and then tell certain linux distributors that 
> they must 
> cease associating their product with mine... can I?

You may be right, because "antidote" is a commonly used word, but I am
with Stefan here and I feel playing save can't be bad :-).

Greetings,
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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Stefan Bodewig wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Christoph Wilhelms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

I just want to tell you, that the President of the company "Druide"
http://www.druide.com Eric Brunelle infomed me, that his company own
the (not shure if just French or international) trademarks for the
name "Antidote" in relation to computer software products.
The name is "Apache Ant Antidote", so it's not exactly the same thing.
But the fact that it's both about software, and that it's not the most 
widespread part of Ant, it might as well be renamed to play safe.

If nobody is sticking to the name, let's play save and rename it.
Exactly  :-)
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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Gus Heck
I don't know much about trademark law, but doesn't it matter if their 
trademark precedes our usage? I'm pretty sure I can't declare "Red" to 
be my trademark and then tell certain linux distributors that they must 
cease associating their product with mine... can I?

-Gus
Christoph Wilhelms wrote:
Hi all!
I just want to tell you, that the President of the company "Druide"
http://www.druide.com Eric Brunelle infomed me, that his company own the (not 
shure
if just French or international) trademarks for the name "Antidote" in
relation to computer software products. If I understand correctly the purpose of
this software (http://www.antidote.info) it is a spellchecking and thesaurus
software for general purpose and has nothing in common with our "ANTidote".
I proposed to let everything like it is, linking his URL from out Antidote
project page to redirect the users of the other Antidote...
Anyways: If we have to rename it, I propose to use a simple and gereic name
like "Ant GUI".
Additionally: Renaming sounds like a "not too bad" idea, because I found
(using Google) some virus detection programs called "Antidote"...
Thoughts!?!
Christoph
 


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Re: [ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Christoph Wilhelms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> I just want to tell you, that the President of the company "Druide"
> http://www.druide.com Eric Brunelle infomed me, that his company own
> the (not shure if just French or international) trademarks for the
> name "Antidote" in relation to computer software products.

If nobody is sticking to the name, let's play save and rename it.

Stefan

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[ANTidote] possibly needs to be renamed!

2003-10-16 Thread Christoph Wilhelms
Hi all!

I just want to tell you, that the President of the company "Druide"
http://www.druide.com Eric Brunelle infomed me, that his company own the (not 
shure
if just French or international) trademarks for the name "Antidote" in
relation to computer software products. If I understand correctly the purpose of
this software (http://www.antidote.info) it is a spellchecking and thesaurus
software for general purpose and has nothing in common with our "ANTidote".

I proposed to let everything like it is, linking his URL from out Antidote
project page to redirect the users of the other Antidote...

Anyways: If we have to rename it, I propose to use a simple and gereic name
like "Ant GUI".

Additionally: Renaming sounds like a "not too bad" idea, because I found
(using Google) some virus detection programs called "Antidote"...

Thoughts!?!
Christoph

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