[Objectbridge-developers] Use of term Objectbridge
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From: Mahler T. <tho...@it...> - 2001-07-09 06:19:32
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Hi all, attached you find Actional's answer to my last eMail. I did not believe they would change their mind, but I did not want to give up without confronting them with a "common sense" point of view. After reading about the trademark issues between ADOBE and the Developer of KDE Killustrator (see: http://slashdot.org/articles/01/07/04/013249.shtml), I think it's now time to tell them that I'm willing to change the name. I don't feel like paying $ 2000 for contributing an open source solution ;-( Here is my latest suggestion for a new name: ObJectRelationalBridge. - It is definitely different from Objectbridge - but close to the original name - it is even more precise than the old name - it can still be abbreviated to OJB - I did not find any usages of this term on the Web or in Usenet If there are any objections against this name, please tell me today, as I want to give a response to Actional by tomorrow. best regards, THomas -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Use of term "Objectbridge" Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:24:53 -0700 From: "Linda" <li...@ac...> Reply-To: <li...@ac...> To: "Thomas Mahler" <tho...@ho...> Dear Thomas, Thank you for the response. I understand that this is a volunteer project and wish you well in the development of your software. Unfortunately, we do consider that use of the name "ObJectBridge" would be considered a trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, Section 1114. Even though you will not be charging money for your software, it still would (and will) be considered a product that is distributed to the public. Also, we believe since the name is nearly identical (the capitalization change does not make it truly different), our products are similar, and some of our users may be in similar fields, the use of the ObjectBridge name for your software would likely cause confusion or possible mistake. Since the point of trademarking is to avoid confusion in the marketplace, we believe there is possible confusion in your use of the name ObJectBridge. Because of this, we would like to ask you to please find another name to use other than ObJectBridge. Unfortunately, we must insist on this. I understand this may take some time per your email. Please email or call if you have any questions. Good luck with your work. Regards, Linda ****************************** Linda Whillock Contracts Manager Actional Corporation 701 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043 650.254.4117 (Phone) 650.254.4101 (Fax) li...@ac... <mailto:li...@ac...> Actional delivers a high-performance integration architecture that works with your existing systems and applications, without adding new middleware. Actional's Control Broker platform allows you to utilize enterprise services across hundreds of applications with broad support for industry standards like XML, Java, EJB, COM, and CORBA. |