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Re:Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product create... by nl on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @04:24AM (#3264795)
I found this, from January 2010 (note the "including the US trademark"):

LibLime (which is actually a trade name of Columbus, Ohio based Metavore, Inc.) was started in 2005 by Joshua Ferraro, Tina Berger and two others. LibLime has been the hardest-charging and fastest-growing proponent of the Koha Library System in the world. Over the intervening years, LibLime has acquired key Koha-related assets, including the US trademark, copyrights to Koha source code, and the Koha website. The combination of PTFS and LibLime will be supporting 640 installations of Koha under 123 contracts

http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/ptfs-to-acquire-li...

If that was in 2010, why is it a big issue now?

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Re:Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product create... by samich on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @04:34AM (#3264809)
Because this is about the NZ trademark.

http://elliottbledsoe.com/2011/11/keep-koha-trademark-open-s...

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Re:Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product create... by nl on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @06:37AM (#3265094)
Yes, but why does that matter?

I understand that the author is from NZ, and the software originated there, but surely the time to object was when the original (presumably US?) trademark was issued? Or at least some outrage could have been expressed at that point?

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Re:Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product create... by archangel_one on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @07:07AM (#3265177)
How are the Horowhenua Library Trust meant to know when the US trademark is issued? I can't imagine they're keeping an extremely close eye on all the trademarks being issued over there.
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Re:Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product create... by nl on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @08:25AM (#3265413)
The author of the blog post clearly follows the field.
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Re:Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product create... by samich on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @11:26AM (#3266099)
In their own country, of course they do, im not sure why you are so set on straw manning, but hey, whatever floats your boat
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Re:Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product create... by Brooke on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @04:00PM (#3267342)
The first trademark was issued in Europe. BibLibre were responsible stewards and thus no objection was raised at that point. They acted as they stated they would: they applied for the TM on our behalf, received it, and were generous enough to sign it over to HLT at their expense.

Outrage was expressed over the US trademark and still is to the current day. It would be interesting to see how US courts find in this department.

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Re:Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product create... by gluejar on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @01:55PM (#3266821)
The big issue is how little has changed; when I wrote that, I expected that the various koha stakeholders would recognize that they were all forced to live in one big tent, so finding accommodations would benefit all. But maybe the taniwha is being disturbed.

http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/who-owns-koha.html

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