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Name search goes on
Thursday, October 28, 2004 (09:09:09)
Posted by akamu
We were going to call the soon coming release CPG-Nuke OpenSpirit but after some searching we found the OpenSpirit® Software Corporation we contacted them:
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Dears Sirs,
We are the project managers for the opensource portal CPG-Nuke. We have highly modified phpnuke to be safe fast and secure as well as a host of bug fixes and new features. You can checkout our features at our site htp://cpgnuke.com/ which is running the latest version from our CVS.
The reason we are writing to you is that we planned on calling this release of our content management system "CPG-Nuke 9.0 OpenSpirit".
After a web search we found that you are claiming trademark on this name and ask your permission use this as a subname of our release, our software will be continued to be called CPG-Nuke but the release will be named OpenSpirit. We thank you for your time,... |
They responded
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We received your request for permission to use the "OpenSpirit" name for your software, but we must deny your request. We have a U.S. trademark for OpenSpirit (Registration No. 2884603, first use 1998) which is used for our suite of software products. Therefore, we are very concerned that any other software product using the OpenSpirit name would create potential confusion in the marketplace.
I would appreciate if you would confirm that you have received my e-mail and that you will change the name of your software to something other than "OpenSpirit." This will avoid us having to get our attorneys involved to send a more formal letter.
We do appreciate that you contacted us early on in the process.
Yours truly,
Dan Piette
President and CEO
OpenSpirit Corp. |
I replied with a link to this article
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Thanks, I appreciate the prompt response.
Good luck with Dragonfly.
Cheers,
Dan |
So the search is on.....
CPG-Nuke 9.0 - Dragonfly™ (First Use 20041007)
We like Dragonfly™ and would like to hear your thoughts on it...
I have searched both at
The WIPO and the USPTO and have found no current trade or servicemark related to content management systems/software and Dragonfly.
Dragonflies have a top flight speed of up to 100 km/h
Dragonflies are ancient insects. They were around before the dinosaurs! Ancient dragonflies may have been considerably larger than those we see today.
A fossilized impression of a dragonfly wing, found in a coal mine in England, is the oldest known dragonfly specimen. This dragonfly lived 300 million years ago and had a wingspan of eight inches.
The largest known dragonfly had a wingspan of 24 inches (two feet). Today, the largest dragonfly is found in South America and has a wingspan of slightly over seven inches. Other than being smaller, modern-day dragonflies do not look very different from their ancestors.
Dragonflies are sometimes called "mosquito hawk" because they catch and eat so many mosquitoes. Always on the hunt, dragonflies consume gnats, flies, and mosquitoes--all of which humans consider pests.
Dragonflies' ability to maneuver makes them able to out-fly their prey.
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Dragon Fly: You are the quite messenger and harbinger of order, leaving in your wake the well thought out systems of filing codes and protocols that only you fully understand. Your nature is basically utilitarian and you know that efficiency is only achieved by repetition, attention to detail, and discipline. You love to see how many things you can do quickly and well and at all times you can bring your spot light vision and superb mind to the given matter at hand. You love routine, and believe you and others function better within them.
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http://www.starfriends.com/NSDragonfly.htm
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