Comments on: That sure clears things up

By: JR

JR — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 07:21:47 +0000

http://www.osm.net/
http://www.osmre.gov/
http://www.osm.no/view_frontpage.asp
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/osmhome.html
http://www.opensourcematters.org/ (check out their trademark!)
http://osmnetworks.com/
http://www.oregonsteel.com/welcome2.htm (Welcome to OSM!)
http://www.osmtools.com/
http://www.osmcorp.com/

And many, many more!!!

By: vaara

vaara — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:50:12 +0000

Someone should contact Lion’s Gate Films and encourage them to trademark the acronym “LGF.”

By: D. Sidhe

D. Sidhe — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:40:08 +0000

Is this “you must login to use this site” thing new? I don’t remember seeing it earlier, but I may not have actually, uh, bothered to go there.
Still, it seems like someone would have mentioned it.
Honestly, I can’t even bother to make up a fake name to give them.

By: Timmah420

Timmah420 — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:32:07 +0000

None of their social skills are workable. Even in their own accounts, so many of them were rude, drunken assholes. I didn’t know about this 4 days ago, and i’ve been checking out the blogroll and their “livebloggers” from the launch and they all seem to be nothing more than a bunch of pseudo intellectual social misfits, masturbating wildly about this smashing bankruptcy machine they’ve made.

By: mdh?tter

mdh?tter — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:05:22 +0000

Yeah, but Chris Lydon and his group keep something akin to a creative commons license on the TM.

so, can you TM “osm” (lowercase)? as a S,N! featurette?

By: Kyso K

Kyso K — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:00:46 +0000

Did anyone else look at Blogjam and think NPR, or have I just been working at an NPR affiliate for too long?

By: Chicago Joe

Chicago Joe — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:04:30 +0000

Not to mention his social skills.

Read the whole thing.

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:42:24 +0000

I guess Glenn’s lawyer skills are as spectacular as his blogger skills.

By: jade

jade — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:59:10 +0000

Sweetie, what exactly has he said that would lead you to the conclusion that he would think of something like that?

By: Dan Someone

Dan Someone — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:46:51 +0000

Um. Duh. If they consider “Open Source Media” merely descriptive of what they do, why do they capitalize it? And if it is a generic term, as they seem to want to claim, then their use of an abbreviation would fail as a trademark or trade name, so “OSM” would have to go out the window.

What a bunch of wankers. Isn’t His Reynoldsness supposed to be a lawyer of some sort? Doesn’t he know other lawyers? Wouldn’t you think one of them might have some knowledge of trademark law? And wouldn’t you think someone might have suggested, “Hey, Glenn, before you change your name and go all press release and party-hearty over what a keen new name you’ve come up with, don’t you think it might be a good idea to look around and see if someone else maybe beat you to the punch?”

Heh. Indeed.

By: Delorumrex

Delorumrex — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:52:09 +0000

I am still confused OSM? Operational Situation Managment. Clearly a trademark violation.. next thing you know professional wrestling will be using it.

By: Mudge

Mudge — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:48:45 +0000

Re: Ralph Dosser. From their web site.

“The Office of Surface Mining
at a glance

Protecting the environment during coal mining and making sure the land is reclaimed afterward have been national requirements since 1977, when America’s Surface Mining Law was signed by the President Carter. Making sure those requirements are met is the responsibility of the Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining (OSM). “

By: n.o.t.l.f.

n.o.t.l.f. — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:35:24 +0000

I think it’s just the Airport Code for binLaden’s hidden airstrip.

By: Ralph Dosser

Ralph Dosser — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:32:53 +0000

OSM is the Office of Surface Mining – Strip Mining, really. Any good Appalachian knows that.

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:28:44 +0000

Of course, it doesn’t matter that they don’t put TM after Open Source Media. It matters that Chris Lydon does. That’s kind of the way these things work. If I launched a drink called Coca Cola, I don’t think the judge would let me off because I trademarked CCola.