On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Richard Hartmann
richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote:
* WANAL, but as we understand it the current situation already gives
us a legal standing if we need it
I have been asked to clarify.
Long-term use gives us protection under Common Law. This is harder to
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Yaroslav Halchenko
deb...@onerussian.com wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jan 2015, Paul R. Tagliamonte wrote:
The debian swirl is trademarked, but freely licensed.
I don't think so:
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=docstate=4803:q33o33.2.1
The mark consists of a
Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
I don't think so:
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=docstate=4803:q33o33.2.1
The mark consists of a spiral formed with the style of a paintbrush
stroke with the word debian written.
And there are much simpler trademarks out there.
On Sun, 04 Jan 2015, Paul R. Tagliamonte wrote:
The debian swirl is trademarked, but freely licensed.
I don't think so:
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=docstate=4803:q33o33.2.1
The mark consists of a spiral formed with the style of a paintbrush
stroke with the word debian written.
On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 12:02:31PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
On 01/04/2015 at 11:41 AM, Paul R. Tagliamonte wrote:
The debian swirl is trademarked, but freely licensed.
However, this isn't our swirl. And I don't think it's adding
confusion. If you want, you can email trademarks@ :)
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:07 AM, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz wrote:
Just for some fun, I've found another (debian?) swirl in a very
different business, a string instruments maker in Romania. See first and
last pages of their cello catalog:
http://www.gliga.ro/cello.pdf
I expect this is due to the
Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education
and Research (CLUSTER): http://www.cluster.org/
CLUSTER, but maybe not its logo, appears to pre-date Debian. Given that
Georgia Tech is a CLUSTER member and a secondary Debian mirror, I'd be
surprised if the similarity in
That is ok since swirl itself is not trademarked (must come with Debian)
On January 4, 2015 9:45:30 AM EST, Erik Galicki erik.gali...@gmail.com wrote:
Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education
and Research (CLUSTER): http://www.cluster.org/
CLUSTER, but maybe not
The debian swirl is trademarked, but freely licensed.
However, this isn't our swirl. And I don't think it's adding
confusion. If you want, you can email trademarks@ :)
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Yaroslav Halchenko y...@onerussian.com wrote:
That is ok since swirl itself is not
On 01/04/2015 at 11:41 AM, Paul R. Tagliamonte wrote:
The debian swirl is trademarked, but freely licensed.
However, this isn't our swirl. And I don't think it's adding
confusion. If you want, you can email trademarks@ :)
Personally, I've been more confused by the swirl which is the
On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 12:02:31PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
Personally, I've been more confused by the swirl which is the current
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Yeah, but it doesn't add confusion to the marketplace. For instance, if
you went out and bought something you thought was Debian, but it was
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