[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] FFmpeg Foundation

[compn]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:36:02 -0500, Alex Converse wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Fran?ois Revol <revol at free.fr> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM, compn <tempn at twmi.rr.com> wrote:
>>> > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:49:09 -0500, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>>> >>Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >>On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Michael Niedermayer <
>>> > > michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
>>> >>> On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 06:58:03PM -0500, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>>> >>>> * FFmpeg Foundation
>>> >
>>> > can we actually use 'mpeg' in the name? isnt it trademarked?
>>> >
>>>
>>> I don't think it is. Does anyone actually have any proof that it is?
>>
>> http://www.wipo.int/cgi-mad/guest/ifetch5?ENG+MADRID-FULL.vdb+11-00+41270357-KEY+256+0+249061+BASICHTML-ENG+1+5+1+25+SEP-0/HITNUM,PN,MAR,IMAGE,IMAGE+MAR%2fmpeg+
>> HITNUM,PN,MAR,IMAGE,IMAGE+MAR%2fmpeg+
>>
>
>In the US version of that it says:
>
>"NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "MPEG" APART FROM THE
>MARK AS SHOWN"
>
>http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:b2c43l.2.46

link is 404, but searching provides similar results. and i see a bunch
of 'mpeg xxxx' trademarks..

just didnt want something like 'libdts' to happen.

-compn