Linux Trademark Under Attack Again

Rares Marian sent us linkage to an article running over at LinuxToday. Apparently someone else has tried to trademark Linux. This time its in Korea. Now there is no way that this can hold up, so I find this amusing, but it does actually have to be addressed. Very frusterating. It bothers me that there are so many people who are willing to pull this sort of stuff.

Comments

If Idiots Want to Waste Their Money ...

[rcade]

I don't see much reason to kvetch about idiots trying to grab trademarks they have no prayer of keeping. A single credible example of Linux being used prior to the registration date is sufficient to torpedo the proposed trademark. If the guy wants to support the Korean government by paying a non-returnable trademark registration fee, I think that's admirable. ;-).

Darn

[Coward, Anonymous]

If only I'd patented the concept of attempting to trademark Linux, I could have sued him.

trademarks

[RoLlEr_CoAsTeR]

So, they _didn't_ know that Linux was an existing operating system? hmmm.. slow news, i suppose. Then again, maybe not.

But what I'm wondering is, did they think they invented Linux themselves? Who are they kidding? (or what were they trying to trademark Linux as, if not for/as the OS?)

Re:Linus should trdmark linux and let everyone use

[dirty]

Actually it's already been done. Linus owns the trademark on linux. Originally he didn't register it because he didn't like the idea of anyone owning it. The some shmuck registered it and sent letters to a bunch of american book publishing companies and redhat and the likes saying he wanted their money. After a brief legal fight the trademark was transfered to Linus and everyone lived happily ever after. The end.

Linux® trademark defense

[DHartung]

Here's a link to the e-mail record of the defense of the Linux® trademark in the US.

Re:Editors

[Roblimo]

Oh, come on. Rob Malda's, um, "linguistic inconsistencies" are part of his folksy charm. Think of his unique approach to the English language as a feature, not a bug. Sure, I could clean up Rob's spelling and grammatical errors, and then I could go through all my old blues, country, and rock 'n roll albums and publish the "corrected" lyrics. Do you really want me to do this?

I'd rather leave Rob Malda (and Muddy Waters) alone, and I'm the Official Boss Editor for all of Andover's Linux-related sites and you're not, so deal with it. bucko. ;-)

- Robin "roblimo" Miller

PS - Every single /. comment I've seen -- including yours -- that criticizes Rob Malda's writing contains at least one glaring grammatical or spelling error. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone..."

Re:Very bad non-PC joke

[craw]

Immigrants to the US speak will speak with a distinct accent if they come to this country after a certain age. Linguists have studied this and have concluded that one's accent (e.g., pronounciation of various words) is controlled by one's early training.

Yellow? I won't comment on this except to say that I once had to fill out a US Gov. document (security clearance form, IIRC), that asked me what was my ethnic identity; yellow was one of the options.

Henry Kissinger had a horrible non-US accent. IIRC, he was the Secretary of State and the head of the National Security Council (National Security Advisor).

Style over substance. Let's all pay attention to how someone says something as oppose to what they have to say. Some of them Europeans really speak funny. You know what I mean; those people from England and even worse, Ireland. They are idiotsas they can't even speak proper English.

I'm of Asian ancestry. My great grandparents immigrated to the US over a 100 yrs ago. The Asian in the US are doing okay (too bad they have a quota on the number of Asians attending UCB).