[Opensim-dev] LindenLab tightens policy on Trademarks

[Garth FairChang]

I was searching and saw this record for GRID (Not sure how it will cut 
and paste):

*Word Mark * 	*GRID*
*Goods and Services* 	IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: FEATURE OF 
COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND PRE-RECORDED SOUND RECORDINGS IN THE FORM OF 
UNIQUE DESIGNATIONS USED TO IDENTIFY COPYRIGHTED WORKS, FOR PURPOSES 
INCLUDING THE ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT OF COPYRIGHT ROYALTIES VIA A GLOBAL 
COMPUTER NETWORK. FIRST USE: 20020515. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20020515

IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: OPERATION OF A SYSTEM FOR OTHERS TO 
ASSIGN WORLDWIDE UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS TO COMPUTER PROGRAMS, SOUND RECORDS, 
RECORDINGS INCLUDING SOUND AND OTHER MATERIAL, SUCH AS VIDEO IMAGES AND 
DATA, AND DIGITAL PACKAGES TO FACILITATE DISTRIBUTION, TRACKING AND 
CONTROL THROUGH ELECTRONIC AND OTHER MEANS WITH THE ABILITY TO PROTECT 
AND ADMINISTER ROYALTY PROGRAMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OWNERS OF COPYRIGHTED 
WORKS. FIRST USE: 20020515. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20020515

*Standard Characters Claimed* 	
*Mark Drawing Code* 	(4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
*Serial Number* 	78210514
*Filing Date* 	February 4, 2003
*Current Filing Basis* 	1B
*Original Filing Basis* 	1B
*Published for Opposition* 	October 25, 2005
*Owner* 	(APPLICANT) Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. 
CORPORATION NEW YORK 1025 F Street, N.W. 10th Floor Washington D.C. 20036
*Attorney of Record* 	James Walsh
*Type of Mark* 	TRADEMARK. SERVICE MARK
*Register* 	PRINCIPAL
*Live/Dead Indicator* 	*LIVE*



John Ward wrote:
> I kind of like the "verse" of metaverse in place of grid.  It's short 
> and lends itself well to names like OSVerse, CentralVerse, 
> OpenSim.Verse.AssetServer.exe, and etc.  The different verses are all 
> parts of the larger metaverse.
>
> John Ward
> jward/JohnnyB Hammerer
>
> Stefan Andersson wrote:
>   
>> Actually, no cyberpun(k) intended; but 'Matrix' is a descriptive term 
>> for this (legacy and rather unimaginative) arrangement of nodes. Quite 
>> possibly the bland term 'table' would work as well. 'Lattice' is 
>> probably what we want, what with groups of groups and all. (A lattice 
>> can be formed by sub-lattices)
>>
>> Or, why don't we just leave the 2d-flat earth notion of a 
>> grid/matrix/table/lattice and move our mindsets more towards a 'Net', 
>> 'Whorl', 'Dispersion', 'Maelstrom' or 'Interjectory'?
>>
>> Yours dispersed thru time and space,
>> /Stefan
>>
>> PS: All this aside, I say we write everything LL or SL - trademark - 
>> derivative  -out- of the core and wiki ASAP. God only Knows where LL is 
>> headed what with recent movements and events. Let's pose it 'the great 
>> mental cast off' DS.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:46:39 -0800
>>  > From: alondria at gmail.com
>>  > To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>>  > Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] LindenLab tightens policy on Trademarks
>>  >
>>  > Ah yes, but there is also the issues of OSGrid, CentralGrid, etc..
>>  >
>>  > And our prolific use of the term in various places, etc.. Will this
>>  > cause an issue?
>>  >
>>  > I still cannot believe their trademarked Hippo - that wasn't even a LL
>>  > creation - their users started that in beta.
>>  >
>>  > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Dr Scofield 
>> <DrScofield at xyzzyxyzzy.net> wrote:
>>  > > Garth FairChang wrote:
>>  > > > Suggestions for grid:
>>  > > >
>>  > > > Continent mode
>>  > > > World mode
>>  > > >
>>  > > > There must be more
>>  > > metaverse.
>>     
>
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