[OpenID] A selector for OpenID

[Dick Hardt]

On 19-Apr-08, at 4:05 AM, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote:

> Johannes Ernst:
>>
>> In defense of JanRain, I'd say that as the OpenID Foundation, so far
>> we have given insufficient guidance on which domain names or product
>> names are okay and which aren't.
>>
>> In defense of the foundation, I'd say that we are only a few steps in
>> the process of obtaining the trademark registrations that gives us  
>> the
>> power to actually mean what we say (which is why we haven't said
>> much...)
>>
>> So among friends, I'd like to encourage JanRain to perhaps find
>> another really cool domain name *before* lots of people use it and
>> hard-code their links to it -- after all, we'd all hate having to rip
>> it out once it is really adopted by many sites ... and I'm sure we  
>> all
>> agree that the resources of the OpenID Foundation as well as the
>> OpenID community should be spent on better things than on (avoidable)
>> trademark issues.
>>
>>
>
> Not sure if you can enforce that. As long as it doesn't say only  
> "OpenID" I belive it's not enforceable at all. Then what about  
> spreadopenid.org, myopenid.com, openid.org, openid.yahoo.com,  
> openidenabled.com, openiddirectory.com, openid.sun.com, openid.cn,  
> openidfrance.fr, openid.pl, openid.trustbearer.com, openidsource.org

the .org and .com domains are enforcable under US law and then using  
the Uniform Domain-Dispute Dispute-Resolution Policy
	http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm

.fr, .pl, .cn are another story

>
>
> BTW, http://openid.net/ shows a logo with content OpenID.net and no  
> trademark symbols at all ® or ™....this is not enforcing trademarks  
> at all!!

a trademark does not need to have those symbols beside it to be  
enforceable

on behalf of the foundation, I would echo Johannes diplomatic request

-- Dick



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