The name of the software that runs this blog used to be called pLog, but Amazon.com registered this name in the US. Even though the project is hardly a US run project, I think most developers are in Europe, and a bunch in China and Taiwan, we decided to change the name, rather than argue with them.
As one friend said, "Since amazon is bigger than you, doesn't that cancel out any trademark issues?" That was in response to me wondering why our use of pLog 2 years before Amazon started using it wouldn't count as prior art or something. Though later we discovered that Amazon trademarked the term in 2003, but just hasn't gotten around to using it yet.
Anyway, a group of people got together to decide the name (hardest part being a name that has a domain available with .org or .net as well as .tw and .de extensions, and without name conflicts with a .com or something), and we decided on LifeType.
The 1.0.2 version of the software is due out any time, probably delayed some by the name switchover, though it is plenty stable. Once that gets out, we get to start on the 1.1 version, which is a lot faster, and less memory/cpu hungry, which should be fun to work on.
Posted by Jon Daley on November 9, 2005, 6:48 am | Read 2303 times
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I have been asked to look into getting a US trademark - I forgot that we were going to do that before. I hadn't thought that it would mean I would do it, but I guess it makes sense, as I think I am the only developer in the US.
It appears to cost $325 to get a trademark, and there is a warning that says if you mess up the application, we still get to keep your money...
So, I guess I'd better figure out how to do it right the first time.
Posted by jondaley on November 15, 2005, 5:12 pm
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