Re:Terraform Labs Caught Moving $4.8M Through Shell Company
by orangepurple on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:14PM
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I got a good laugh out of Hashicorp's trademark registration.
Cutlery??? Musical Instruments??? Fire-extinguishing apparatus??? Was someone drunk when filing?
As part of their trademark documentation they took screenshots of Google search results and API docs (LOL)
https://uspto.report/TM/88470183
Primary US Classes
021: Electrical Apparatus, Machines and Supplies
023: Cutlery, Machinery, Tools and Parts Thereof
026: Measuring and Scientific Appliances
036: Musical Instruments and Supplies
038: Prints and Publications
009 - Primary Class
(Electrical and scientific apparatus) Scientific, nautical, surveying, electric, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, checking (supervision), lifesaving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire-extinguishing apparatus.
All of Hashicorp: https://uspto.report/company/Hashicorp-Inc
Re:Terraform Labs Caught Moving $4.8M Through Shell Company
by kube-system on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:39AM
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Trademarks are industry specific, you specify what products/services you'll be using it for when you register. Because, for example, consumers aren't confused by an airline named "Delta" and a plumbing manufacturer called "Delta".
Hashicorp's registration has a pretty decent lock on various descriptions of computer software.
https://uspto.report/Search/terraform
They shouldn't be surprised if someone else also uses the same word.
I'm a big fan of Yiotro Games and his naming system for Antiyoy/Bleentoro/Achikaps/Shproty: Come up with a series of letters that are easy to read, pronounce, and remember, and which are not already words when naming a project. This results in no trouble with trademarks or domain names, gives easy SEO, and isn't that hard.