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

[CrankyOldBugger]

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:

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> 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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