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cmsmadesimple.de
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:59 pm
by piratos
i find with google the name of cmsmadesimple.de.
The owner of this domain is
Name und Adresse:
Andreas Just
Gorknitzer Strasse 44 G
01809 Dohna
Deutschland
At this time there is no content.
Whisy have you a copyright ??
Is user cyberman the owner
Re: cmsmadesimple.de
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:32 pm
by Ted
To be honest, I don't know how that works.
Technically I have a copyright on the code, and I would hope the project name, but I really don't know for sure. It's not technially being used for anything involving my project, so it's not a big issue now. Any of you smart people out there have any idea how that works?
Re: cmsmadesimple.de
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:41 pm
by nils73
In Germany you need to "buy" a brand or have it registered as a trademark. Then you can claim it as a brand. Otherwise it will be difficult if you do not have a company named like that that is a Ltd. or Inc. or whatever registered companies there may be. At least it needs to be registered.
When I last looked (about one week ago), cmsmadesimple.de was still available. So it must be a fresh registrar. Maybe it would be just enough to kindly ask him to release the domain --- if needed. But looking at Mambo and the brand conflicts there it might be a good idea to do some fundraising for making CMSMS (and maybe even that abbreveation) a brand or a trademark.
Maybe we should have a plugin like
this one. ;o)
Regards,
Nils
Re: cmsmadesimple.de
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:52 pm
by Ted
I talked to Andreas via email and everything is fine for now. Though, yes, it would probably be a good idea to register the trademark at some point down the road. My long term plans include starting an American LLC, though with a different name. Though that, I would want to trademark the name in several countries. I'm hoping that I can wait awhile before going through that paperwork nightmare, though...