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Re: Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python?

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Post by thirdtruck » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 12:39 PM UTC

ScottBurson wrote: post #13

Volpe wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But that's fine right. As long as no one else gets the trademark, then the PSF is happy. Or do I have it wrong?

From the article: But when at the start of 2012 the PSF heard that POBox intended to launch a product called "Python Cloud" they were alarmed, since Python is widely used in this area. The new product posed a real risk of confusing the public, so the PSF wrote to POBox in January 2012 asking them not to do this and pointing out the PSF registered US trademark. POBox retaliated by filing the trademark registration app…

If the PSF's attempt to save someone the costs and time of a filing challengeable trademark application counts as "firing the first shot", I'd hate to see a "pre-emptive strike."

Re: Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python?

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Post by majc2 » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 1:52 PM UTC

Find it interesting that Veber are portrayed as the victim, in this piece from the Register here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/19/python_versus_veber_...

Would expect better reporting and questioning from El Reg.

Re: Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python?

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Post by huxley » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 2:10 PM UTC

majc2 wrote: post #22

Find it interesting that Veber are portrayed as the victim, in this piece from the Register here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/19/python_versus_veber_... Would expect better reporting and questioning from El Reg.

Wow ... I knew the English language was capable of such a construction but I never thought I'd read "expect better reporting and questioning from El Reg"[The Register]

The Register (and The Inquirer after it) ported the classic British tabloid format to tech reporting, all I'd expect from El Reg is sarcasm, climate change denial and exclamation marks.

Re: Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python?

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Post by sixtypoundhound » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 2:58 PM UTC

I'm sorry, the CEO's position is ludicrous.

Which business leader, in this day and age, hasn't tried to google their own company's brand name to see what comes up?

Oh...what are these pages upon pages of stuff about Python (programming language) which shows up when I type Python, Python Hosting, or Python UK...

Nope..never heard of Python (PSF), nope...not me...nope...

Re: Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python?

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Post by sophacles » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 5:15 PM UTC

ScottBurson wrote: post #14

sophacles wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure they would be fine with stopping anyone from having an exclusive trademark, as a second prize. Because you know, the company in the EU is trying for an exclusive trademark. So, maybe they loose the best option, but win when they don't have to rename everything because it violates someone's exclusive mark?

See my reply to Volpe below.

Wow you are a total shill. Obviously PSF is acting hostilely as you are insinuating, because they wanted to minimize confusion, or maybe they just wanted to minimize confusion.

Re: Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python?

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Post by ScottBurson » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 6:00 PM UTC

sophacles wrote: post #25

ScottBurson wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See my reply to Volpe below.

Wow you are a total shill. Obviously PSF is acting hostilely as you are insinuating, because they wanted to minimize confusion, or maybe they just wanted to minimize confusion.

I am not a shill. I am a longtime user of CMUCL and its now-more-popular fork, SBCL. The name collision has been an annoyance for years -- I always have to qualify which Python I'm talking about. This hardly minimizes confusion.