Re: [CentOS] Centos trademark issue

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Raimo Koski wrote:

I found an old ROM BIOS chip in my drawer with label Centos(r) Copyright 1994 on it. Then I found http://www.centos.com.tw/ on the net. Has anyone checked if you can use the name centos without any fear of litigation?

IANAL

My understanding is :-

There are no existing trademark registrations (that we have found) for CENTOS, in US, EU, WIPO or TW

We are in a different field of business and therefore could not be accused of passing off.

If we were to start manufacturing add on cards etc, and if they had registered a trademark, then we might have troubles ...

Regards Lance

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