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I do wonder if it’s legally acceptable to use the name “Ubuntu” as part of a different commercial product’s name - especially after acknowledging on the front p
by solarengineer 7y ago
I do wonder if it’s legally acceptable to use the name “Ubuntu” as part of a different commercial product’s name - especially after acknowledging on the front page that the name “Ubuntu” has been trademarked by Canonical.
Certainly, section 4 of Canonical’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy [0] permits such use only if Canonical were to provide written permission to do so.
I presume they want to use the name until a take down notice arrives from Canonical and benefit from the brand till that time?
Give that Deepin are a company, I would expect their legal team to either prevent such misuse or to ensure that the written permission is stated on the front page.
[0] https://ubuntu.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy https://ubuntu.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy
Edit: changed “entity “ to “ product”
- resfirestar 7y agoUbuntu Deepin seems to be by an independent developer[1], not the company that created Deepin. [1] https://github.com/arunpyasi https://github.com/arunpyasi, https://ubuntudde.com/ubuntudde-beta-200410-release-note/ https://ubuntudde.com/ubuntudde-beta-200410-release-note/
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