[hpsdr] Name clash ?

[Dan Babcock]

Hi Alberto,

A point of clarification regarding the HPSDR and TAPR relationship.  The 
involvement that TAPR has with HPSDR is the occasional manufacturing and 
marketing of hardware that is designed and developed by the various HPSDR 
project leaders.  HPSDR is not a a part of TAPR.

A quotation from the TAPR web page,

"The goals of TAPR are to:
1) support R&D efforts in the area of amateur digital communications.
2) disseminate information on packet and digital communications.
3) provide affordable and useful kits for experimenters and hobbyists.
4) pursue and help advance the amateur art of communications.
5) support publications, meetings, and standards in the area of amateur digital 
communications."  


TAPR, in fact, promotes many other radio and electronic interests besides HPSDR.

It is very doubtful that either Wind River Software or PrismTech has or would 
undertake the registration of a trademark for "High Performance Software Defined 
Radio."  By definition, a trademark typically protects brand names and logos 
used on goods and services.  For more information on Trademarks and Trade Names 
in the United States please take a look at this link.  
http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/index.jsp 


The (Square Waves in Quadrature) HPSDR logo is marked as a trademark with the TM 
symbol and is also copyrighted per the Circle C symbol.  Because of the TM 
symbol, it is presumed to be a protected trademark.  It does not have the Circle 
R symbol, because it is not government registered.

BTW, thank you for the HPSDR interface to your most excellent Winrad program.

73,

Dan N4XWE








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From: Alberto I2PHD <i2phd at weaksignals.com>
To: HPSDR list <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 8:10:23 AM
Subject: [hpsdr] Name clash ?

***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****

I just came across this YouTube video....

Is the name High Performance Software Defined Radio (HPSDR)       registered by 
somebody ?
If not, couldn't Wind River and PrismTech sue TAPR for illegal use       of the 
name ?
I am not a lawyer (thanks God), so maybe I am fully wrong here... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2DoOxWbrtw&feature=related
 

-- 
73 Alberto I2PHD 


      
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