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Help the Gnome Foundation Defend the Gnome Trademark Against Groupon
- vysakh0 12y agoI have been using GNOME for almost all of my computing years, and even till now. This news is shocking and outrageous. This is very sad :( that a community project like GNOME is subject to such a threat.
- thrillgore 12y agoI have a hard time believing that Groupon didn't do their due dilligence on the trademark search.
- craigcabrey 12y agoAs a college student, this is my first time donating to a FOSS organization like the Gnome Foundation, but damn does it feel good.
- eduard44 12y agoSame here
- JoshTriplett 12y agoI'm one of the folks working on this campaign. Happy to answer any questions people might have.
- dimitar 12y agoWill Gnome get the $80k refunded somehow if the foundation wins? Aren't folks in patent and trademark offices supposed to look up if an application is similar to existing IP? If you are rich enough can you just steal trademarks provided the other party cannot defend them?
- JoshTriplett 12y agoGNOME is working with counsel already to respond to the trademark registrations; there are various processes in place for that. This campaign will help us continue that effort.
- malka 12y agoGroupon answer : https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/misc/gnome-foundation-and-groupon-product-names/ https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/misc/gnome-foundation-a...