[Kamailio-Users] OpenSIPS project

[Mik Cheez]

The conflict is between OpenSER and SER...your point is very relevant to 
finding a new name, though, as it's not a case where it has to be 
completely unique to all industries.

Based on the neat project logo shown earlier, a name like proxywave, or 
Juevo Proxio would be good names (OK, maybe not the latter one).

Jeremy McNamara wrote:
> Juha Heinanen wrote:
>> in case no one has answered to this yet, OpenSER project got a few
>> months ago a notice from a company who has registered trademarks on
>> various SER related names and that company asked OpenSER project to stop
>> using OpenSER name.  we had no other choice than to comply with the
>> request.
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> Is the company that registered the trademark a telecom company?  
> When did they register the trademark?
> Have they taken other steps to protect their trademark?
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> Prime example - Delta Airlines and Delta Faucet.
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> There is only a trademark conflict when the parties cannot agree on how 
> each party uses the trademarked term.   
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> Another example:  Apple Computer and The Beatles' record label called 
> Apple - Only when Steve Jobs decided to go the music biz with iTunes was 
> there 'major' problems, even then they still worked things out to keep 
> the brand recognition - which OpenSER has just finally started getting 
> and has now totally lost with this ludicrous name change.
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> I'm not fond of how Digium changed Zaptel to DAHDI either, but they 
> spent many years fighting it - certainly no knee jerk reaction there.
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> Also, what inelectual property does "OpenSER" have?  As far as I know, 
> "OpenSER" is all freely available and open source, so where is the 
> conflict?   With Digium and Zaptel there is very significant IP  (and 
> i'm not talking internet addresses :)
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>> in retrospect, it might have made sense to publish this on OpenSER
>> mailing lists when the request was received.
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> Yes, a public disclosure of the request should have been made - surely 
> somebody has prior art  (What about SER? Did they get the same request?) 
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> Jeremy McNamara
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> P.S.  I am not a lawyer, but I should become one  :)
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