Coda File System

Re: "Coda" is being used as a trademark for other software, is it legal?

From: Brett Lymn <blymn_at_baesystems.com.au>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:40:49 +0930
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 03:01:30PM +0200, u+codalist-p4pg_at_chalmers.se wrote:
> 
> Given that there is
> 
> http://www.linuxmark.org/
> 
> protecting Linux(R)
> 
> it is possible to trademark one word.
>

Actually, Linux is not a word as such, Linus Torvalds created the
name, prior to that it did not exist so trademarking it is a valid
thing.  The difference with coda is that it is a pre-existing word in
the English language, trademarking that is a bit more tricky - usually
the trademark applies to a rendition/look/feel rather than the actual
word.

-- 
Brett Lymn
Received on 2007-09-16 20:24:38