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[Mike Quinn]

All,

National Audubon Soc. may have a trademark on "Audubon" for goods and
services, I don't believe their trademark extends to all uses of "Audubon",
for instance, I believe anyone can form a such-and-such Audubon Society that
is totally unaffiliated with any other Audubon Soc. and wouldn't even need
to be conservation oriented.

However, Googles for "Audubon Core" mostly yields hits for various issues
relating to national, state, or local chapters of the Audubon Society...

e.g.: Audubon Core values..., Audubon Core mission..., Audubon Core
goals..., etc.

Mike Quinn, Austin
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Bob Morris <morris.bob at gmail.com> wrote:

> The National Audubon Society has registered "Audubon" as trademark for
> a number of goods and services. There is not presently any
> registration for "Audubon Core".  AFAIK, it is not trademark
> infringement if there is no confusion over the usage. Also, I have the
> impression that it is impossible to trademark the name of a human
> except for specific uses.  For example, one of NAS's trademark on
> "Audubon" is for clothing. One would have to look over all their
> trademarks to see if any of them are for use in the name of data
> standards.
>
> I suppose that marketing confusion is possible, though I never heard
> any tales that the city of Dublin, Ohio, ever complained about the
> Dublin Core, even though that is the referent of "Dublin" in Dublin
> Core.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised  if The National Audubon Society tries to
> bully small organizations into not using "Audubon" though.
>
> Really, if TDWG wants to grow up about marketing, it would have an IPR
> lawyer to ask about these matters, since opinions of scientists
> (including those I express) often have little connection to the actual
> laws.  Or, maybe TDWG does already have such a lawyer to consult.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Steve Baskauf
> <steve.baskauf at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> > Not to throw cold water on a cute idea, but would it be good to consider
> > possible confusion/trademark issues with the National Audubon Society,
> which
> > is generically known as "Audubon"?
> > Steve
> >
> > Bob Morris wrote:
> >
> > Much as I would love to be the convenor of mrmd, I must concede that
> > Audubon Core has way more marketability.
> >
> > Two issues then arise: 1. An acronym for use in name spaces and
> > communication; 2. the need(?) for a word to replace "core" in
> > describing the most important terms in the proposed standard, and
> > which are the ones we suggest are the minimal set that implementers of
> > consuming software should be prepared to handle gracefully. Audubon
> > Core Core sounds silly and confusing to me.
> >
> > As to 1., I somewhat favor some form of adbn. Or if we must end it in
> > "c" and can't tolerate adbnc, then maybe adnc (resp. AdnC).
> >
> > As to 2, I have no suggestion
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Gregor Hagedorn <g.m.hagedorn at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Audubon Core.
> >
> > (and the abbreviation could be AC)
> >
> > Gregor
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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