On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 07:02:13PM +0000, Brad Haque wrote: > Are you using the name of the project in commerce? Or is it solely for internal purposes? The various OpenStack project names are used publicly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thierry Carrez [mailto:thierry at openstack.org] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 9:05 AM > To: legal-discuss at lists.openstack.org > Subject: Re: [legal-discuss] Guidelines for naming new projects > > Dolph Mathews wrote: > > I don't have a legal answer because IANAL, but starting with a US > > trademark search is an easy first step: > > > > http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=login&p_lang=english&p_d=trmk > > > Someone (Jonathan ?) mentioned that trademarked stuff is an issue only where there is /some/ potential for confusion, like you're in the same kind of industry... i.e. a networking company called Lemon networks can't really sue a restaurant called "Lemon" over trademark grounds. > Could anyone confirm that ? > > -- > Thierry > > _______________________________________________ > legal-discuss mailing list > legal-discuss at lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > legal-discuss mailing list > legal-discuss at lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-discuss