Re: [Marketing] HiPath OpenOffice
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:22:42 -0500, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 20:16 +, jonathon wrote: Sharud wrote: > As it is confusing with name "OpenOffice" , therefore we should raise this issue. It is too late now, but * "OpenOffice.org" should have been trademarked in at least every major country, prior to being released; * "OpenOffice" should have been trademarked in countries in which it was not already a trademark; * The OOo logos should have been trademarked, prior to release; I realize that trademark registration is expensive. Not that expensive. IIRC it was about £250 ($500) to trademark the INGOTs and The Learning Machine in the UK. So in the whole scheme of things trademarking OOo in the G8 countries is a negligible cost compared to the salaries of the developers, community manager and web site hosting etc. Without, there will eventually come a point where OOo will be legally required to/forced to change names, because the usage by OOo is a trademark infringement. (What is the current number of countries where the OOo L10N team has to use a name other than OOo when distributing it, because of the trademark infringement.) The other option is to rename OOo now, and trademark the new name in at least the major countries of the world, prior to the release of the new version with the new name. Interesting idea. What name would be suitable? Freedom office, perhaps? or the People's Office? It would also counter MS and its OOXML piracy of the name. Ian In mexico cost also 500 dls. I might do a search just in case (80 dls). -- Alexandro Colorado CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES http://es.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Marketing] HiPath OpenOffice
On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 20:16 +, jonathon wrote: > Sharud wrote: > > > As it is confusing with name "OpenOffice" , therefore we should raise this > > issue. > > It is too late now, but > * "OpenOffice.org" should have been trademarked in at least every > major country, prior to being released; > * "OpenOffice" should have been trademarked in countries in which it > was not already a trademark; > * The OOo logos should have been trademarked, prior to release; > > I realize that trademark registration is expensive. Not that expensive. IIRC it was about £250 ($500) to trademark the INGOTs and The Learning Machine in the UK. So in the whole scheme of things trademarking OOo in the G8 countries is a negligible cost compared to the salaries of the developers, community manager and web site hosting etc. > Without, there > will eventually come a point where OOo will be legally required > to/forced to change names, because the usage by OOo is a trademark > infringement. (What is the current number of countries where the OOo > L10N team has to use a name other than OOo when distributing it, > because of the trademark infringement.) > > The other option is to rename OOo now, and trademark the new name in > at least the major countries of the world, prior to the release of the > new version with the new name. Interesting idea. What name would be suitable? Freedom office, perhaps? or the People's Office? It would also counter MS and its OOXML piracy of the name. Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Marketing] HiPath OpenOffice
Sharud wrote: > As it is confusing with name "OpenOffice" , therefore we should raise this > issue. It is too late now, but * "OpenOffice.org" should have been trademarked in at least every major country, prior to being released; * "OpenOffice" should have been trademarked in countries in which it was not already a trademark; * The OOo logos should have been trademarked, prior to release; I realize that trademark registration is expensive. Without, there will eventually come a point where OOo will be legally required to/forced to change names, because the usage by OOo is a trademark infringement. (What is the current number of countries where the OOo L10N team has to use a name other than OOo when distributing it, because of the trademark infringement.) The other option is to rename OOo now, and trademark the new name in at least the major countries of the world, prior to the release of the new version with the new name. xan jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Marketing] [Fwd: [art] design for promo items]
fyi Please stick discussions to the art@ list :-) Original-Nachricht Betreff: [art] design for promo items Datum: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:27:13 +0200 Von: Florian Effenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Antwort an: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organisation: OpenOffice.org An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, now I've got details on what we produce. ;-) This time, we're about to produce: Item #1) T-Shirts Estimatedly about 1500 pieces 100% Cotton Heavy Weight Black T-Shirt 2 loctions of imprint Sizes mixture between Large and XL Design: On one sleeve, we'll have a Sun logo. On the front, we'll have an OpenOffice.org logo in color print. I'd propose we leave out the back in order to not clutter the T-Shirt. Regarding size and design of the front, I'm open up to everything. :-) We can make a small logo on the chest, but also a larger on on the whole front. Item #2) Mouse Pads Estimatedly about 700 pieces Vynex material (hard surface) size: 1/16" x 8" x 9.5" 4 colors process imprint on mouse pad Design: We wanted to do a mouse pad with the most important hotkeys for various OOo applications (like how to delete a cell from a table with the keyboard). Shouldn't we be able to get them in time, we should do a normal OOo-logo mouse pad, but I hope we can make it! Item #3) Lanyards Waiting for details from vendor yet, but they will look like the ones on the Conference. Design: OOo logo and Sun logo should be included, so not much space for design here. :-) Items will be shipped to Sun offices in US and Germany and can be distributed from there. I'd definitely need help for Item #1 and Item #2, so please let your creativitiy flow. :-) In order to have them in time, I'd hope we can have final design by the end of next week. Anyone willing to volunteer and to help? Thanks! Florian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Marketing] HiPath OpenOffice
Hi, thanks for the pointer! I'm checking that. Florian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Marketing] HiPath OpenOffice
I have also gone into the http://enterprise.siemens.com/open and found that is not related to open source and open office project, only it is creating confusion in open source/free software community as they have used word open which is not even related to freedom/liberty for their solutions. As it is confusing with name OpenOffice , therefore we should raise this issue. Sharad Kukreti Alex Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:16:29 Alexandro Colorado wrote: > Hi anyone read about Siemens HiPath OpenOffice, I am still having a hard > time defining what it is and if it at any point has to do with > OpenOffice.org or not. > > www.siemens.co.uk/openoffice > > I would really want to get more input from this product that Siemen > released and if there could be any issues with the branding. Looking at their site, and remembering Siemens roots (they started out making PABX telephone systems), this seems to be a very fancy PIM and communications application. It seems to aim to integrate every communication medium that a business (specifically an SME) uses into a single desktop interface. It does not appear to be a productivity suite in the sense of MSO or OO.o (in fact, there appears to be no office suite - word-processor, spreadsheet etc. - component there at all. That would be in keeping with Siemens' traditional business. As for branding/copyright, that would be a matter for the legal people, although the fact they've run the words "open" and "office" together, as do we, could be an issue. -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
