[IAEP] Trinom.io / education

[Laura Vargas]

2016-06-23 20:50 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com>:

> Hi Laura
>
> Kindly I don't think that is how trademarks work. Afaik sugar itself isn't
> a trademark. If it was probably the sugar network and sugarizer would need
> to be licensed, but afaik they arent. This company doesn't represent itself
> as "Sugar Labs"
>

My point is that what this company say they do is what Sugar Labs does...

> which is a tm (and as other companies do, which I think is problematic)
> but says that it (which implies its officers) contribute to sugar which
> seems plainly true.
>
> Maybe your suggested clarification is good, but its not a trademark issue.
> The point of trademarks are to prevent confusion by consumers about who is
> offering commodities.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
> On Jun 23, 2016 12:48 AM, "Laura Vargas" <laura at somosazucar.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gonzalo,
>>
>> Just read the description of the company Trinomio, and I really don't
>> understand why there is the following statement under the Education section:
>>
>> "Hemos participado activamente en el desarrollo del entorno educativo
>> Sugar, y en más de 40 aplicaciones educativas útiles para la lecto
>> escritura, matemáticas, aprendizaje de ciencias, etc."
>>
>> Google translation: "We have actively participated in the development of
>> the educational environment Sugar, and more than 40 educational
>> applications useful for reading and writing, math, science learning, etc."
>>
>> http://www.trinom.io/educacion/
>>
>> I might be wrong but Sugar is a trademark and unless this Company can
>> prove that it has actually "participated in the development of the
>> educational environment Sugar" they should remove such statement from their
>> website.
>>
>> If it is your personal experience that needs to be underlined maybe the
>> statement should read something like "one of our team members have actively
>> participated in the development of the educational environment Sugar, and
>> more than 40 educational applications useful for...".
>>
>>
>> Thanks and kind regards
>>
>> --
>> Laura V.
>> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
>> Happy Learning!
>>
>>
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