All,<div><br></div><div>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. </div>
<div><br></div><div>However, Googles for "Audubon Core" mostly yields hits for various issues relating to national, state, or local chapters of the Audubon Society...</div><div><br></div><div>e.g.: Audubon Core values..., Audubon Core mission..., Audubon Core goals..., etc.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike Quinn, Austin<br clear="all">________________<br>Texas Entomology<br><a href="http://texasento.net/" target="_blank">http://texasento.net</a></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Bob Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morris.bob@gmail.com" target="_blank">morris.bob@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The National Audubon Society has registered "Audubon" as trademark for<br>
a number of goods and services. There is not presently any<br>
registration for "Audubon Core". AFAIK, it is not trademark<br>
infringement if there is no confusion over the usage. Also, I have the<br>
impression that it is impossible to trademark the name of a human<br>
except for specific uses. For example, one of NAS's trademark on<br>
"Audubon" is for clothing. One would have to look over all their<br>
trademarks to see if any of them are for use in the name of data<br>
standards.<br>
<br>
I suppose that marketing confusion is possible, though I never heard<br>
any tales that the city of Dublin, Ohio, ever complained about the<br>
Dublin Core, even though that is the referent of "Dublin" in Dublin<br>
Core.<br>
<br>
I wouldn't be surprised if The National Audubon Society tries to<br>
bully small organizations into not using "Audubon" though.<br>
<br>
Really, if TDWG wants to grow up about marketing, it would have an IPR<br>
lawyer to ask about these matters, since opinions of scientists<br>
(including those I express) often have little connection to the actual<br>
laws. Or, maybe TDWG does already have such a lawyer to consult.<br>
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Steve Baskauf<br>
<<a href="mailto:steve.baskauf@vanderbilt.edu" target="_blank">steve.baskauf@vanderbilt.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> Not to throw cold water on a cute idea, but would it be good to consider<br>
> possible confusion/trademark issues with the National Audubon Society, which<br>
> is generically known as "Audubon"?<br>
> Steve<br>
><br>
> Bob Morris wrote:<br>
><br>
> Much as I would love to be the convenor of mrmd, I must concede that<br>
> Audubon Core has way more marketability.<br>
><br>
> Two issues then arise: 1. An acronym for use in name spaces and<br>
> communication; 2. the need(?) for a word to replace "core" in<br>
> describing the most important terms in the proposed standard, and<br>
> which are the ones we suggest are the minimal set that implementers of<br>
> consuming software should be prepared to handle gracefully. Audubon<br>
> Core Core sounds silly and confusing to me.<br>
><br>
> As to 1., I somewhat favor some form of adbn. Or if we must end it in<br>
> "c" and can't tolerate adbnc, then maybe adnc (resp. AdnC).<br>
><br>
> As to 2, I have no suggestion<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Gregor Hagedorn <<a href="mailto:g.m.hagedorn@gmail.com" target="_blank">g.m.hagedorn@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> Audubon Core.<br>
><br>
> (and the abbreviation could be AC)<br>
><br>
> Gregor<br>
><br>
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