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Dick Hardt:
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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 spread<b>openid</b>.org,
my<b>openid</b>.com, <b>openid</b>.org, <b>openid</b>.yahoo.com, <span
class="a"><b>openid</b>enabled.com, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>directory.com,
</span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>.sun.com, </span><span
class="a"><b>openid</b>.cn, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>france.fr,
</span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>.pl, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>.trustbearer.com,
</span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>source.org</span></div>
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<div>the .org and .com domains are enforcable under US law and then
using the Uniform Domain-Dispute Dispute-Resolution Policy</div>
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<div>.fr, .pl, .cn are another story</div>
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Yup...and all the others as well...including openidselector.com I
guess...<br>
...and then it depends even how, where, what registered when...<br>
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BTW, <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://openid.net/">http://openid.net/</a> shows a logo with
content OpenID.net and no trademark symbols at all ® or ™....this is
not enforcing trademarks at all!!</div>
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<div>a trademark does not need to have those symbols beside it to
be enforceable</div>
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Right, but as a first steps you should make others aware of your claim
and/or trademark registration. Without failing to do so, you might have
a much harder time in court + paying expenses as well...I'd suggest to
get advice from a lawyer specialized in trademark issues.<br>
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BTW, I was looking for trademark symbols and couldn't find any, even so
I knew that there was some discussions about it. <br>
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<div>on behalf of the foundation, I would echo Johannes diplomatic
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Which is noble indeed :-)<br>
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