Message-ID: <3E5E532C.4030708@discoverynet.com> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:07:36 -0600 From: "Eric R." <rossiter@discoverynet.com> Subject: was: graphics artists? now: trademarks
Ok... I was afraid of something like this... I have registerd "Linux
Alternatives" and recieved a tax ID #. I have http://linuxalternatives
registered and online.
Have I made a mistake? Do I need to change the name of the company and
everything?
Any and all advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
E
Duane Attaway wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Jason Clinton wrote:
>
>
>>It also just occurred to me: If this is a business, "Linux" is a
>>registered international trademark of Linus Torvalds. You'd have to get
>>his permission to use Linux in your company name or logo.
>
>
> The story behind that is some asshat registered "Linux" with the USPTO and
> decided to start demanding royalties from companies that used its name.
> They guy was taken to court, lost, and Linus was given this nice present.
>
> Linus says use your own judgement about using the Linux name:
>
> http://lwn.net/2000/0120/a/trademark.html
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