Re: is debian a trademarked?

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From: Hanno 'Rince' Wagner <wagner(at)fitug(dot)de>
To: spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org
Subject: is debian a trademarked?
Date: 1999-07-01 14:44:12
Message-ID: 19990701164412.B5013@netestate.de
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Hi,

I just have the following question:
Is the Name Debian in any way protected as a Trademark or so?
Especially in Europe/Germany?

Ciao, Hanno (please Cc to me, I am not in this list).
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From: "Darren O(dot) Benham" <gecko(at)benham(dot)net>
To: Hanno 'Rince' Wagner <wagner(at)fitug(dot)de>
Cc: spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org
Subject: Re: is debian a trademarked?
Date: 1999-07-01 15:31:14
Message-ID: 19990701083114.A22978@darren.benham.net
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On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 04:44:12PM +0200, Hanno 'Rince' Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just have the following question:
> Is the Name Debian in any way protected as a Trademark or so?
Yes, in the United States.
> Especially in Europe/Germany?
Someone was supposed to be looking into getting a EG Trademark, but I
havn't heard back from that person...

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From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert(at)cs(dot)leidenuniv(dot)nl>
To: spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org
Subject: Re: is debian a trademarked?
Date: 1999-07-03 18:12:20
Message-ID: 19990703201220.B22833@mors.net
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Previously Darren O. Benham wrote:
> Someone was supposed to be looking into getting a EG Trademark, but I
> havn't heard back from that person...

Nils Lohners move introduced some delay there, but we fully intended to
register a trademark in Europe.

Wichert.

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