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

[Brad Neuhauser]

>From Simon's description, I think this is the "Geocode" in question:
http://geocode.biz/


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Hugo Holscher <hugoholscher at gmail.com>wrote:

>   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 <simon at osmfoundation.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:38 PM
> *To:* openstreetmap <talk at openstreetmap.org> ; 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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