Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:00:20 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, walton@nordicrecords.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trademark transfer (Was: ANSWER: "FreeBSD" registered by Walnut Creek) Message-ID: <19990914220020.A94895@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990914201318.048a7c60@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 08:27:32PM -0600 References: <19990911040458.688.qmail@modgud.nordicrecords.com> <199909142109.OAA20226@usr09.primenet.com> <4.2.0.58.19990914201318.048a7c60@localhost>
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On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 08:27:32PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 09:09 PM 9/14/99 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > >One thing that occurs to me is that Brett could offer to do the > >legwork on the trademark transfer. > > The transfer of a trademark is actually quite trivial, according > to an attorney friend. He says that there's basically one piece > of paper to file. > > >This doesn't satisfy Jordan's issue about the dilligent lawyer, > >though, > > It doesn't affect it, really. The lawyer could act exactly as before; > it could even be the same lawyer. The only difference is that FreeBSD, > Inc. would legally have control of the licensing of the mark (which it > does not now; Walnut Creek could overrule or reverse Jordan on any > decision he makes). And the client named on the lawyer's bill would be > FreeBSD, Inc. > > Now, if someone other than FreeBSD, Inc. wanted to pay the bill, I'm > sure that the lawyer would be delighted to accept the check. In fact, > other backers (ahem!) would be much more likely to help defend a trademark > that was owned by FreeBSD, Inc. than one that was held by a direct > competitor. Sounds like you have a lawyer in mind. What is his/her name. Where are they admitted to practice law. What is his or her phone number. Enquiring minds want to know Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.3 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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