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 -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.