TechWorld: Researchers Dispute Red Hat's Fedora Trademark | Linux Today

TechWorld: Researchers Dispute Red Hat’s Fedora Trademark

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 21, 2003

“There may be one hat too many in the open source world.
Concerned that they will be forced to drop the name of their five
year-old open source project, researchers at Cornell University and
the University of Virginia (UVA) are readying a challenge to Red
Hat’s Fedora trademark, currently pending review by the US Patent
and Trademark Office…

“Unfortunately, it is also the name of Cornell and UVA’s digital
management system, which is being developed to manage all of UVA’s
digital libraries…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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