[OSM-talk] Geocode trademark

[Kate Chapman]

Hi Don,

So you are volunteering as an expert witness? =D

And yes sadly the situation is silly, but difficult to deal with as
with the OSMF being a small organization with little in the way of a
legal fund.

Best,

-Kate

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:30 AM, Donald Cooke <doncooke2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> If anyone gets around to challenging GEOCODE, Inc's trademark claim, a
> couple of quick searches will find that the term has been in use in GIS
> literature for ~45 years.  For example, I organized a working session on
> Geocoding in 1971.  I put together a collection of papers called
> "GEOCODING-71" which Google books shows available in nine libraries in the
> USA and Canada. At the bottom of page 54, there's even a reference to a
> commercial product called "GEOCODE".  I really wish these people would do
> something useful with their lives and talents rather than annoy others with
> groundless legal actions.
>
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