Re: Name of the XFree86-based DDX

Harold L Hunt II <huntharo-mhe/[email protected]> Tue, 09 Mar 2004 01:33:42 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.freedesktop.xserver
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Martin Coxall wrote:
> 
> 
>>XFree86 is a registered trademark of XFree86 Inc., so if you want to 
>>avoid the possibility of future lawsuits, that name should probably be 
>>avoided at all costs.
> 
> 
> s/registered//
> 
> It is a commonlaw trademark, not a registered one, however the
> website claims that registration has been filed for.

It really is "pending registration", at leaast it is in the US.  Just go 
to uspto.gov and search on "XFree86".  You'll see it was filed for 
registration sometime last year.

Harold