what to do about annoying trademark use?

Daniel Golle daniel at makrotopia.org
Mon Nov 2 05:01:49 EST 2020


On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 07:20:52AM +0100, Paweł Dembicki wrote:
> On 01.11.2020 at 19:43 Sam Kuper <sampablokuper at posteo.net>wrote:
> >
> > The action might not involve going to court, it might initially just be
> > a "cease & desist" letter sent to the vendors, perhaps stating that an
> > acceptable resolution would be for the vendor to rename any forks they
> > might create (e.g. "NXPwrt" or whatever).  Only if the vendors persist
> > in abusing the trade mark might stronger action be needed.
> >
> 
> I hope that it will be handled gently and without escalation.
> NXP is one of the vendors, who gives official support for their processors.
> Layerscape target is mostly maintained by guys from NXP.
> It would be a shame to lose that kind of help.

I agree, they are an example of good practices applied in many ways.



> 
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> Best Regards,
> Pawel Dembicki
> 
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