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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. Re:trivial? by theM_xl · · Score: 0, Troll

    Carl Oppedahl (Oppedahl & Larson) Sounds like the name of a firm of lawyers in the parenthesis, doesn't it? They can't ALL be evil. the "Or so I hope" M

  2. Obligatory Question by Laebshade · · Score: 0, Troll

    This has to do with NetBSD, which is technical, but this post isn't technical or even user-sided. It's about about NetBSD being granted a trademark. It appears more to be a pride issue, as if they were holding a huge banner that says "we got a trademark for NetBSD" with subliminal childish tauntings.

    Mod me as flamebait, but is this really "news for nerds" and more importantly "stuff that matters"?