Re: Possible Apache Cocoon trademark violation

On 22/02/2016 14:16, gelo1234 wrote:
> Well, what relates to Cocoon, I have found a brand new baby called Cocoon:
>
> https://cocoon.io/
>
> Shall we not protect Apache Cocoon (R) (TM) ? :)

Definitely: thanks for reporting.

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Regards.

> 2016-02-22 13:08 GMT+01:00 Francesco Chicchiriccò <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>
>     On 20/02/2016 23:38, Paul Foxworthy wrote:
>
>
>         Hi,
>
>         I thought I should tell you about this...
>
>         A home 3D printer, the "Cocoon Create" is on the market in
>         Australia. The product is described on their website here:
>         http://www.cocooncreate.com.au . It's distributed by a company
>         called Winplus, and it was available at Aldi supermarkets last
>         week.
>
>         To my mind the style of the Cocoon Create logo is very similar
>         to that of the Apache Cocoon project. The "Cocoon" word is
>         fairly generic and I doubt you'd object to its use for a
>         product that's not connected with Apache Cocoon. The visual
>         style is another matter. If the Project Management Committee
>         agrees, I suggest you ask Winplus to change the appearance of
>         their logo.
>
>
>     Hi Paul,
>     thanks for reporting.
>
>     We will take this forward with the ASF legal team.
>
>     Regards.
>
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