18 Apr
2016
18 Apr
'16
10:05 a.m.
I think it's great that they have a trademark now on what could easily be a
genericized term.
My favorite part of the retrocomputing hobby by far is red
tape, franchising, and branding.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Jay West <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:
No, it was not trademarked. Not until VERY recently,
even if so. I'm not
convinced it is....
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> If he comes up with his own name, then there
is nothing stopping him
> from putting it together completely independently.
> If he wants to use the VCF name, then he should talk tothose
> currently doing it.
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, ethan at 757.org wrote:
Is it a trademark like Maker Faire where everyone
has to pay
per-attendee royalties to use the name on their event?
It is a trademark, but I have no idea what the terms are. Evan? did not
apparently have much difficulty negotiating with Sellam to use the
trademark.