▲ 433 ▼ Liftoff! - 🐒 A mobile client for Lemmy (Android/iOS/Windows/Linux) (github.com) submitted 3 years ago by Generator@lemmy.pt to c/linux@lemmy.ml 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) The trademark category is for "software". There's no distinction between SaaS and an app. They're the same thing from a trademark standing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zachatrocity@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Could you be more specific a little more specific and helpful? This was the closest I could find: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:18dkxg.3.7 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] riskable@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago It's not a registered trademark... It's a Florida Corporation which gets an automatic trademark of sorts based on case law. It's complicated but if someone owns Foo Software and then makes a sale across state lines using that "mark" (in this case, "Foo" in the context of software) they get an automatic trademark on that name related to that good (software). Planet Money did a whole podcast about it related to their Micro Face comic (someone sold beverages across state lines under the name, "Micro Face"). It's an excellent podcast. I highly recommend it (super interesting and funny). But you know what? Fuck it: You can use the name, "Liftoff". Liftoff Software has been dead for several years now. Even though they sold stuff under that name across state lines many times (even internationally) that corporation is not coming back. So don't worry about it 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zachatrocity@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Could you be more specific a little more specific and helpful? This was the closest I could find: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:18dkxg.3.7 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] riskable@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago It's not a registered trademark... It's a Florida Corporation which gets an automatic trademark of sorts based on case law. It's complicated but if someone owns Foo Software and then makes a sale across state lines using that "mark" (in this case, "Foo" in the context of software) they get an automatic trademark on that name related to that good (software). Planet Money did a whole podcast about it related to their Micro Face comic (someone sold beverages across state lines under the name, "Micro Face"). It's an excellent podcast. I highly recommend it (super interesting and funny). But you know what? Fuck it: You can use the name, "Liftoff". Liftoff Software has been dead for several years now. Even though they sold stuff under that name across state lines many times (even internationally) that corporation is not coming back. So don't worry about it 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago It's not a registered trademark... It's a Florida Corporation which gets an automatic trademark of sorts based on case law. It's complicated but if someone owns Foo Software and then makes a sale across state lines using that "mark" (in this case, "Foo" in the context of software) they get an automatic trademark on that name related to that good (software). Planet Money did a whole podcast about it related to their Micro Face comic (someone sold beverages across state lines under the name, "Micro Face"). It's an excellent podcast. I highly recommend it (super interesting and funny). But you know what? Fuck it: You can use the name, "Liftoff". Liftoff Software has been dead for several years now. Even though they sold stuff under that name across state lines many times (even internationally) that corporation is not coming back. So don't worry about it 👍 permalink fedilink source parent