[kwlug-disc] Software Freedom Law Centre files trademark claim against Software Freedom Conservancy

[Bob Jonkman]

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You should follow that up with Glyn Moody's "Rebel Code":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Code

- --Bob.


On 2017-11-03 04:13 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> I'm right in the middle of reading Steven Levy's "Hacker", so I
> can't comment...
> 
> 
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 at 16:06 Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
> wrote:
> 
> I just came across the unusual news that the Software Freedom Law 
> Centre (Eben Moglen, et al.) are filing a trademark claim against
> the Software Freedom Conservancy (Brad Kuhn, Karen Sandler, et
> al.).  From the claim petition, the crux seems to be
> 
>>>> Both marks incorporate the identical element “Software
>>>> Freedom” at the beginning of the mark, followed by a
>>>> descriptive noun or compound noun.
> 
> I have no background information, other than the SFC's
> announcement:
> 
> https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2017/nov/03/sflc-legal-action/
> 
> ...and the USPTO's document:
> 
> http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue-92066968-CAN-1.pdf (PDF,
> 90 kBytes)
> 
> ...and some gossip in the Fediverse at 
> https://social.freedombone.net/notice/378128
> 
> 
> --Bob, who welcomes rampant speculation.
> 
> 
> 
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