Re: A selector for OpenID

Dick Hardt:

Not sure if you can enforce that. As long as it doesn't say only "OpenID" I belive it's not enforceable at all. Then what about spreadopenid.org, myopenid.com, openid.org, openid.yahoo.com, openidenabled.com, openiddirectory.com, openid.sun.com, openid.cn, openidfrance.fr, openid.pl, openid.trustbearer.com, openidsource.org

the .org and .com domains are enforcable under US law and then using the Uniform Domain-Dispute Dispute-Resolution Policy

http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm

.fr, .pl, .cn are another story

Yup...and all the others as well...including openidselector.com I guess...
...and then it depends even how, where, what registered when...

BTW, http://openid.net/ shows a logo with content OpenID.net and no trademark symbols at all ® or ™....this is not enforcing trademarks at all!!

a trademark does not need to have those symbols beside it to be enforceable

Right, but as  a first steps you should make others aware of your claim and/or trademark registration. Without failing to do so, you might have a much harder time in court + paying expenses as well...I'd suggest to get advice from a lawyer specialized in trademark issues.

BTW, I was looking for trademark symbols and couldn't find any, even so I knew that there was some discussions about it.

on behalf of the foundation, I would echo Johannes diplomatic request

Which is noble indeed :-)


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