Bug 1020236 – non-free trademark'ed name this free game

Bug 1020236 - non-free trademark'ed name this free game

Summary:	non-free trademark'ed name this free game

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	ksudoku (Show other bugs)
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Version:	19
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

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Assigned To:	Rex Dieter
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Blocks:	FE-Legal
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Reported:	2013-10-17 06:40 EDT by mejiko
Modified:	2014-01-22 14:32 EST (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2014-01-22 14:32:37 EST
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Description mejiko 2013-10-17 06:40:38 EDT

Hello.

ksudoku included trademark'ed name.
"Sudoku" is trademark'ed. (Japan and USA)

and, Meny "sudoku" trademark find. (Try TESS)

Note: I live in Japan. not US. and I am not a lawer.


URI:
 
http://trademarks.justia.com/779/34/sudoku-77934545.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/

If this is "nominative use", Its no problem.


Suggests:

1. Rename software names.

2. Contact trademark owner.

3. Remove fedora repos.


Thanks.

Comment 1 mejiko 2013-10-17 06:41:14 EDT

Blocking FE-Legal, This is trademark problem.

Comment 2 Kevin Kofler 2013-10-17 10:21:03 EDT

IMHO, this name is clearly genericized by now. Almost every newspaper here in Europe puts up "sudokus" (under the "sudoku" name), and I strongly doubt most (or any, even) of them has a trademark license for it. (I have never seen the trademark acknowledged, in any case.) Or is the situation different in the USA?

But of course, IANAL, and trademark law is complicated.

Comment 3 Tom "spot" Callaway 2014-01-22 14:32:37 EST

Sudoku is a generic term in the US, not a trademark. Closing NOTABUG.

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