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The Python Foundation Asks For Help Re PYTHON Trademark in EU ~pj | 408 comments | Create New Account
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The Python Foundation Asks For Help Re PYTHON Trademark in EU ~pj
Authored by: PJ on Sunday, February 17 2013 @ 07:26 PM EST
This is incorrect information. In the US, anyway, the way it works is that no one has to apply for a trademark. You get one by opening a business under a certain name and then doing business under that name.

You can apply for a trademark, and in this case, both sides have, but neither has one in that sense. That's why each side now wants to try to prove they deserve it and not the other guy.

Here are some resources you might want to read on trademarks.

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The Python Foundation Asks For Help Re PYTHON Trademark in EU ~pj
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, February 17 2013 @ 10:30 PM EST
Trademarks can affect old brand names as well.

Which is why the WNBA was sued for trademark violation when they set up the
Seattle Storm. Another women's basketball team in Seattle had been using the
name for years, and had registered their trademark in Olympia years before.

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