[pLog-svn] AW: news from the amazon.com issue

[Michael Erdmann]

Hi Oscar, 

shit happens... Remember, I suspected this fact last year.
But I think it is obliging from amazon that they don't set 
their lawyers on us at first and that they would cover our
expenses and furthermore promote the project.
If they really want to help promoting the project, it could
be a great chance for us. I'm your opinion - we should avoid 
a legal battle and wait for their proposal.
In the meantime we should think at first about a new and cool 
name for pLog and promote this name together with version 1.0.
At second we should think about the things we want to get from
amazon to be prepared for negotiations if we don't like their 
proposal(our counterproposal).

Michael



> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Oscar Renalias [mailto:phunkphorce at gmail.com] 
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. April 2005 22:44
> An: plog-svn at devel.plogworld.net; Michael_Erdmann at t-online.de
> Betreff: news from the amazon.com issue
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> spoke this evening (GMT+3) to Jeff Barr from Amazon.com and clearly
> the issue is that Amazon wants the "plog" name back. Their trademark
> was registered in Jan 2003, about half a year earlier than we started
> the project in sf.net.
> 
> He said that amazon.com wants to deal with this in a nice and easy
> way. He said amazon.com will cover any expenses that this will/could
> generate (getting new domains, transferring the current ones, etc),
> and will even help promoting the project. I am still waiting for their
> proposal but there'll be a "transition period" of like 6 months so
> that users have enough time to get used to this.
> 
> It's kind of a bummer after all this time but I don't think that there
> is much we can do... and I haven't got the time to engage in any legal
> battle, either. I will still check with the EFF and see whether they
> have any further advice, wait for Amazon's proposal and then think
> about it.
> 
> Feel free to comment.
> 
> Oscar
>