[Opensim-dev] LindenLab tightens policy on Trademarks

[Alondria]

They bloody Trademarked Hippo
(http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=2eivmq.7.35) and Grid
(http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=2eivmq.11.8) also.

Grid might be a problem - we might need a new term to reference this....

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Dzonatas <dzonatas at dzonux.net> wrote:
> Ezekiel Zabelin wrote:
>  > The texts on the OS wiki will need to be reviewed within the announced
>  > 90-day period to ensure compliance with
>  > the guidelines set by Linden Lab regarding the use of 'Second
>  > Life' and 'SL'.
>
>  LL's trademark is limited and mainly directed at promotional text. The
>  use of the words in a domain name is questionable as the words hold a
>  bit of the obvious use that would not promote LL in any way. The graphic
>  logo is the portion that we'll need to ensure compliance.
>
>
>  As for the letters 'SL'... it's been trademark and published in a
>  fashion before LL made a claim:
>
>  http://www.ballard.com/Materials_Handling_Fuel_Cells/Application_Overview.htm
>
>  *wink* ;)
>
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