Re: [QD-Filosofia] Bid to trademark the word 'Linux' rejected

Ricardo Andere de Mello <[email protected]> Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:48:53 -0300
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gostei muito da mat=E9ria.
principalmente porqu=EA mostra que "linux" =E9 uma palavra de uso comum. =
(se=20
bem que fica dif=EDcil dizer que "windows" tamb=E9m n=E3o =E9 uma palavra=
 de uso=20
comum...)

[]s, gandhi

Alexandre Pesserl wrote:

>[]s
>
>A.
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>http://news.com.com/Bid+to+trademark+the+word+Linux+rejected/2100-7344_3=
-5868860.html?part=3Drss&tag=3D5868860&subj=3Dnews
>
>Bid to trademark the word 'Linux' rejected
>
>An attempt by Australia's peak Linux body to register the name "Linux" o=
n behalf of Linus
>Torvalds has failed.
>
>The application was turned down by Intellectual Property Australia, a fe=
deral regulatory agency,
>because the word "Linux" was not seen as distinctive enough to be tradem=
arked.
>Linus Torvalds
>
>The registration would have prevented companies from claiming the name a=
s their own, but would
>have allowed them to use it commercially if they paid royalties to the L=
inux Mark Institute, a
>global body established by Torvalds, creator of the open-source operatin=
g system.
>
>(...)
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