Who
Software Freedom Law Center
What / Where
Legal Primer for FOSS: Chapter 5
The Gist
This chapter gave a great overview of how Trademark law works in the
United States. It also concluded with an example of what a FOSS project
Project Foo might do if a group of its users created FooNews.
The Good
Overview of Trademark Law
Great descriptive example at the end
The Bad
Didn't touch on Trademark Law outside of the US
Spent time on local Trademark Law (instead of national)
The Questions
- Can two products used for different purposes share a trademark?
In Review
This was one of the better readings from the FOSS Primer. I definitely think that it should be a required reading for all students going into a computing major in college.