Why the .org on OpenOffice

William Hooper whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 8 15:40:53 UTC 2003


Douglas Stewart said:
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> Thiago Vinhas de Moraes wrote:
> | Em Qua, 2003-10-08 às 10:14, Dennis Gilmore escreveu:
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> |>>the product name? It would be a lot more professional if the name was
> |>>"OpenOffice 1.1" instead of "OpenOffice.org 1.1" don't you think?
> |>
> |>Probably yes  but someone else  owns the copyright for the name open
> office
> |>so  they couldnt use that  leggally it has to be OpenOffice.org not
> |>OpenOffice.

[snip]

> 'Cept I think the party in question is actually a very large software
> company located in Redmond, WA.

According to the USPTO (www.uspto.gov) it was E-Mail Incorporated
Corporation of Pasadena California.  Interestingly enough, both "Open
Office" and "OpenOffice.org" are listed as "abandoned" trademarks.

-- 
William Hooper





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