what to do about annoying trademark use?

John Crispin john at phrozen.org
Mon Nov 2 06:27:51 EST 2020


On 02.11.20 11:01, Daniel Golle wrote:
> 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.
>
>
I am planning to reach out to them this week and see what can be done to 
resolve this.

     John




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