From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 14:46:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B6616A4D8; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6320C43FCB; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:46:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h7QLkj7c019613; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:46:45 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.9/8.12.3/Submit) id h7QLkj4A019612; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:46:45 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:46:45 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Message-ID: <20030826214645.GD3101@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <20030826075148.GA806@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20030826122255.GA403@FreeBSD.org> <507k50nx1v.k50@mail.comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <507k50nx1v.k50@mail.comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" Subject: Re: Another "annoying" trademark :) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:46:53 -0000 --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 10:33:32AM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > The statute also has a footnote saying that there are other ways to > mark a trademark (other than the circle-R and "Registered in > U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" and "Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.") to > give notice that it is registered, but it refers to some old law that > I couldn't find. >=20 > AFAIK, "(TM)" and the small raised "TM" only imply a trademark claim, > not registration. Anyone know of (semi?) official documents on the > matter? On another project I've been associated with, a couple trademarks were registered. Once they started the process, the lawyers wanted them to always use the trademarked terms and always mark them with (tm) symbols. They also had to change to using the circle-R form fairly quickly. As I understood it, they didn't need to worry much about people using the wrong form as long as they weren't associated with the project. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/S9VEXY6L6fI4GtQRAqkZAKDVHvu4kzD8AMfmNdklgnNZS6X1+ACfbNti Y55T4W2oGJkGo/zftm/VTcs= =ysK+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej--