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NetBSD Trademark Application Completed

Posted by Hemos on from the locking-up-the-name dept.

Daniel de Kok writes "The NetBSD Foundation is proud to announce that it has registered the ``NetBSD®'' trademark. The foundation would like to thank Jay Michaelson (Wasabi Systems) for filing the application and providing answers to the US Patent Office, and Carl Oppedahl (Oppedahl & Larson) for giving advice and keeping the Foundation informed about the process. An official policy on the use of the NetBSD® trademark is currently being drafted and will be made public soon."

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  1. Too Bad We All Use Linux by osewa77 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And the name is owned by one man. Linus Torvalds.

  2. Excellent... but by jrj102 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's great... but if they do anything to enforce it they'll get a nasty "Your Rights online" post about the evils of intellectual property law.

    What's good for the goose is good for the gander, I guess. :)

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  3. Re:In other news... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The NetBSD core team also intends to sue the Christian faith for trademark defacement caused by portraying their mascot as evil in a series of fictional works.

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