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Firefox Faces Trademark Issues

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the all-in-a-name dept.

daria42 writes "The Debian development community is currently hotly debating whether the Mozilla Foundation's strict trademarks policy violates Debian's social contract. However, in a twist, it appears Mozilla has not received approval for the Firefox trademarks yet, and the Firefox name may already be taken in the UK and Germany. The foundation has not applied for the Thunderbird trademark anywhere yet."

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  1. Firesomething by kalleguld · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good thing I installed that plugin, almost makes the browser change name less often.

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  2. This is going to happen again. by merdaccia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do I have the sinking feeling that we're all going to be sitting here in ten years time, reading about the Godzilla Foundation dispute over ScorchedBadger and LightningParakeet?

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  3. May I suggest... by AnObfuscator · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... a Leonardo Da Quirm replacement name:
    Super-fast-and-cross-platform-and-expandable-free- web-browser.

    I think that just rolls off the tongue, don't you?

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  4. Re:Firefox tm policy and Debian tm policy v. simil by sik0fewl · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news...

    The Debian development community is currently hotly debating whether the Debian Project's strict trademarks policy violates Debian's social contract.

    Oh, boy! I can't wait to see how this one turns out!

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  5. Re:jeez..here we go again by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    So I wonder what new name they'll pick now...

    My suggestions:
    "{1e8ba19e-48eb-4a68-bec4-d81c010069e4} (tm) Web Browser" and
    "{33899fb5-719b-4e75-a0ef-e7f91b196030} (tm) Mail Client"

    The odds that these name have been previously trademarked are rather slim.

  6. Re:jeez..here we go again by GraemeDonaldson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fireduckbilledplatypus anyone?

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