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Amazon has trademarked names like “Amazon S3”, “AWS”, “Amazon EC2” and “EC2” but not S3 https://aws.amazon.com/trademark-guidelines/ https://aws.amazon.com/tra

Amazon has trademarked names like “Amazon S3”, “AWS”, “Amazon EC2” and “EC2” but not S3 https://aws.amazon.com/trademark-guidelines/ https://aws.amazon.com/trademark-guidelines/

aristidb 13y ago
Doesn't Trademark law operate on the basis of possible confusion? And I definitely see that risk there. IANAL though.
- phillmv 13y ago
  S3forme is clearly meant to refer to Amazon S3. If you had lawyers on retainer, why wouldn't you be sending them a strongly worded letter?
- tjbiddle 13y ago
  Personally I thought 'S3for.Me' was doing something to resell Amazon S3 at first. I can definitely see how this would cause confusion.
- S3ForMe 13y ago
  S3 means "Storage Should be Simple" in our case :-) No one has ever contacted us regarding this.
  - Keyframe 13y ago
    Of course, and amazon S3 is also storage, not Audi S3. So you might expect action from them. Play it safe.
  - ikkeikke 13y ago
    This is clearly a reference to Amazon S3. So much for having a unique name. This sucks.
  - dfritsch 13y ago
    Hmmm... Well you may want to actually put that on your website. And you probably want to be careful, since you've posted comments on here like "all the rest documentation can be found at Amazon S3 documentation site, it is basically the same with small differences" and you have "Amazon" on the sign, which is above the "fold" on my screen and pretty much the first connection I made on S3. If your entire website doesn't scream "we are just like Amazon S3" then I must be missing something.
- petercooper 13y ago
  Yes. Specifically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusing_similarity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusing_similarity Although Microsoft amusingly did quite poorly in two such cases over the years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._Lindows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._Lindows
Jach 13y ago
If this company had registered the "S3" trademark before Amazon had registered "Amazon S3", then this company probably could have gotten a settlement amount from Amazon... In the actual case I'd expect the company to get a C&D from Amazon at some point, with eventual negotiations being either to change the name or add a prominent header noting the lack of relation to Amazon S3.
cowsandmilk 13y ago
you are reading that guideline incorrectly. That's a contract that gives permission to use the trademarks listed under certain conditions. That is not a guide to what amazon may claim as trademarks.

Amazon has trademarked names like “Amazon S3”, “AWS”, “Amazon EC2” and “EC2” but not S3 https://aws.amazon.com/trademark-guidelines/ https://aws.amazon.com/trademark-guidelines/

aristidb 13y ago

Doesn't Trademark law operate on the basis of possible confusion? And I definitely see that risk there. IANAL though.

phillmv 13y ago
S3forme is clearly meant to refer to Amazon S3. If you had lawyers on retainer, why wouldn't you be sending them a strongly worded letter?
tjbiddle 13y ago
Personally I thought 'S3for.Me' was doing something to resell Amazon S3 at first. I can definitely see how this would cause confusion.
S3ForMe 13y ago
S3 means "Storage Should be Simple" in our case :-) No one has ever contacted us regarding this.
- Keyframe 13y ago
  Of course, and amazon S3 is also storage, not Audi S3. So you might expect action from them. Play it safe.
- ikkeikke 13y ago
  This is clearly a reference to Amazon S3. So much for having a unique name. This sucks.
- dfritsch 13y ago
  Hmmm... Well you may want to actually put that on your website. And you probably want to be careful, since you've posted comments on here like "all the rest documentation can be found at Amazon S3 documentation site, it is basically the same with small differences" and you have "Amazon" on the sign, which is above the "fold" on my screen and pretty much the first connection I made on S3. If your entire website doesn't scream "we are just like Amazon S3" then I must be missing something.
petercooper 13y ago
Yes. Specifically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusing_similarity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusing_similarity Although Microsoft amusingly did quite poorly in two such cases over the years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._Lindows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._Lindows

Jach 13y ago

If this company had registered the "S3" trademark before Amazon had registered "Amazon S3", then this company probably could have gotten a settlement amount from Amazon... In the actual case I'd expect the company to get a C&D from Amazon at some point, with eventual negotiations being either to change the name or add a prominent header noting the lack of relation to Amazon S3.

cowsandmilk 13y ago

you are reading that guideline incorrectly. That's a contract that gives permission to use the trademarks listed under certain conditions. That is not a guide to what amazon may claim as trademarks.