Comments on: What should you protect in Open Source? http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2008/01/28/what-should-you-protect-in-open-source/ open source software innovation support centre Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: OSS Watch team blog » Blog Archive » Routes to sustainabile open source http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2008/01/28/what-should-you-protect-in-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-146 OSS Watch team blog » Blog Archive » Routes to sustainabile open source Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:36:49 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2008/01/28/what-should-you-protect-in-open-source/#comment-146 [...] What should you protect in Open Source? [...] [...] What should you protect in Open Source? [...]

]]> By: Taran Rampersad http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2008/01/28/what-should-you-protect-in-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Taran Rampersad Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:58:06 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2008/01/28/what-should-you-protect-in-open-source/#comment-145 Definitely agree on trademarks of both the name of the project, an icon/design (which cannot change easily, so think of it as a tattoo), and the url. Register that domain name as far out as humanly possible. Trademarks vary from country to country as well. In the US they run about $325, and are available through the USPTO. US folk can look here: http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/workflow/start.htm Trinidad and Tobago information found here, and is a much more hands on process: http://www.gov.tt/citizen/service.aspx?id=%7B0B91D268-AD80-4BD4-9912-4061879C5B55%7D Definitely agree on trademarks of both the name of the project, an icon/design (which cannot change easily, so think of it as a tattoo), and the url. Register that domain name as far out as humanly possible.

Trademarks vary from country to country as well. In the US they run about $325, and are available through the USPTO. US folk can look here: http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/workflow/start.htm

Trinidad and Tobago information found here, and is a much more hands on process: http://www.gov.tt/citizen/service.aspx?id=%7B0B91D268-AD80-4BD4-9912-4061879C5B55%7D

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