Practical Trademark Law For FOSS Projects
summary
Practical steps for FOSS trademarks: treat names and logos as products—use trademarks consistently (capitalization, adjectival use, TM/® when appropriate), publish a simple trademark use policy, and set up an intake form to discover misuse. Registrations act as insurance—one issued national registration lets teams use ® and deters corporate abusers—while lawsuits drain small projects, so prefer private negotiation or public exposure and assign a named project officer to send formal notices.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:29Overview
- 0:49Practical Advice
- 2:22Practical Trademark Advice
- 7:18Misuse
- 9:55Trademark registrations
- 12:26Dont go to court
- 18:43QA
- 23:30When to use the TM symbol
- 27:22Elastic and MongoDB
- 29:30Public Image
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