[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] FFmpeg Foundation

Alex Converse alex.converse
Fri Dec 4 19:36:02 CET 2009


On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Fran?ois Revol <revol at free.fr> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM, compn <tempn at twmi.rr.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:49:09 -0500, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>> >>Hi,
>> >>
>> >>On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Michael Niedermayer <
>> > > michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
>> >>> On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 06:58:03PM -0500, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>> >>>> * FFmpeg Foundation
>> >
>> > can we actually use 'mpeg' in the name? isnt it trademarked?
>> >
>>
>> I don't think it is. Does anyone actually have any proof that it is?
>
> http://www.wipo.int/cgi-mad/guest/ifetch5?ENG+MADRID-FULL.vdb+11-00+41270357-KEY+256+0+249061+BASICHTML-ENG+1+5+1+25+SEP-0/HITNUM,PN,MAR,IMAGE,IMAGE+MAR%2fmpeg+
> HITNUM,PN,MAR,IMAGE,IMAGE+MAR%2fmpeg+
>

In the US version of that it says:

"NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "MPEG" APART FROM THE
MARK AS SHOWN"

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:b2c43l.2.46



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