[Osmf-talk] Use of terms similar to "GEOCODE"

[Simon Poole]

Hugo, the company in question (the US Geocode Inc)  has nothing to do
with TomTom, but your link is quite interesting in any case.

Simon


Am 23.05.2013 15:04, schrieb Hugo Holscher:
> Hi Simon,
>  
> that you may nor hear from them might be very true: see here:
> http://www.geocode.com/
> Is apparently part of TomTom, so if you need more info, might be handy
> to check with them. They are Dutch so if I can oblige, let me know, Hugo
>  
>  
> *From:* Simon Poole <mailto:simon at osmfoundation.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:38 PM
> *To:* openstreetmap <mailto:talk at openstreetmap.org> ;
> osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org <mailto:osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* [Osmf-talk] Use of terms similar to "GEOCODE"
>  
>
>  
> As I promised in February I investigated with our North American
> counsel what they would consider acceptable use of terms similar to
> the GEOCODE trademark, they came back with  examples that they all
> considered OK. I've created a wiki page for future reference
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geocode_Trademark
>
> I apologize for the delay, I was waiting for some closure on the
> matter, however the company in question has not responded to our
> correspondence. Personally I don't expect to hear from them again
> since it now must be clear that there is no money in it for them.
>
> Simon
>
>
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