- From: Norbert Bollow <nb@bollow.ch>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:29:04 +0200
- To: "Andreas Kuckartz" <A.Kuckartz@ping.de>
- Cc: "Manu Sporny" <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, "Web Payments CG" <public-webpayments@w3.org>
Am 25 Jul 2013 20:46:27 +0200 schrieb "Andreas Kuckartz" <A.Kuckartz@ping.de>: > Manu Sporny: > > I've just received a cease and desist related to the Web Keys > > specification. It turns out that a company called BIO-key > > International has a trademark on "WEB-key". I've already done the > > search in the USPTO, and this is a valid claim by BIO-key > > International. > > > > http://www.bio-key.com/products/webkey.html > > It seems to be a merely descriptive mark which does not deserve > trademark protection: I'd suggest that that is a battle which is not worth fighting from our perspective. "Secure Web Messaging" is a better name for what we used to call Web Keys anyway, IMO. Greetings, Norbert
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