Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 15th May 2007 12:56 UTC
"After a long and controversial discussion with the project admins we've agreed on guidelines for creating a 3rd-party Haiku-based distribution. In brief, other distributions may not use the word 'Haiku' in their name and we will provide a 'Haiku Compatible' logo for distributions that comply to a short list of rules that ensure binary and source compatibility. Please read the detailed guidelines for further information."
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2006-01-01
>> "Seems that Haiku Inc. doesn't have _registered_
>> trademarks in US and probably in other countries"
>
> Trademarks do not need to be registered.
Indeed, trademarks not need to be registered. However, if they do not actively defend them they will lose the rights to them. So this is a smart move on their part. This is why Stove, Hoover, Selotape, Kleenex and Bandaid lost their trademarks (or at least, lost the right to sue willy-nilly for infringement in some of those cases.) Also why Kellogs can't sue people for selling "Corn Flakes", but why "Coco Pops" have to be called something else by other manufacturers in the UK.
Edited 2007-05-16 08:13