Just watched the Music Assistant 2.8 Release Party video that was posted yesterday and that made me wonder if Sendspin is a registered trademark as well as already having its own unique logotype (logo) for branding and matching "badge" as a brand-mark?
Have the Open Home Foundation made sure to trademark the Sendspin name and clearified that use of the logo is copyrighted?
I know that most other projects from the Open Home Foundation that are packaged a "product" now have trademarked the brand name and also all have similar logotypes (picture with the house) and I think that standards like Sendspin should be trademarked and have its own official logo/brand.
The main use case would be for the Open Home Foundation to use Sendspin logotype for branding to promote it, but it could also be licensed for others to use a badge on certified products to showcase official compatibility with Sendspin (as mentioned in that Music Assistant 2.8 Release Party video when @maximmaxim345 and @marcelveldt was talking about the generation goals for Sendspin with the hope that more third-parties will vntually implement support for it in their products) .
And even if Sendspin is an open standard you also really need a "Terms of Service" (TOS) statement similar to that on the Home Assistant website:
Specifically, that clearify that while the specification is free to use, the Open Home Foundation has copyright of the logotype and brand as it is still classified as intellectual property, and the Sendspin name if trademarked so own all rights ti the trademarks, service marks, graphics and logo used in connection with Sendspin and are as such the sole and exclusive legal right of the Open Home Foundation so may not be used by third-parties without permission outside the consitions set in the "Terms of Service" (TOS) statement:
That is, the Apache License file is not really enough:
Anyway, that logotype (logo) should also be used by official projects and could be used by affiliated non-profit projects under certain condition, but the name "Sendspin" should be trademarked and its logotype is copyrighted so can only be used by others in unofficicial or for-profit purposes if given explicit permission. Just how the Open Home Foundation already holds intellectual property and licenses of all its existing brands, including logos, and allow approved commercial partners like Nabu Casa and Apollo Automation to use it in certified products.
PS: If Sendspin already has its own logotype and it is the "ear" shown on the new t-shirt design in the Open Home Foundation store then FYI, should mention that it looks kind of similer to the existing Sennheiser icon for the "Sennheiser Hearing Test" from Sonova, but not close enough to violate copyrights and I guess can only draw an ear in so many ways:
Just watched the Music Assistant 2.8 Release Party video that was posted yesterday and that made me wonder if Sendspin is a registered trademark as well as already having its own unique logotype (logo) for branding and matching "badge" as a brand-mark?
Have the Open Home Foundation made sure to trademark the Sendspin name and clearified that use of the logo is copyrighted?
I know that most other projects from the Open Home Foundation that are packaged a "product" now have trademarked the brand name and also all have similar logotypes (picture with the house) and I think that standards like Sendspin should be trademarked and have its own official logo/brand.
The main use case would be for the Open Home Foundation to use Sendspin logotype for branding to promote it, but it could also be licensed for others to use a badge on certified products to showcase official compatibility with Sendspin (as mentioned in that Music Assistant 2.8 Release Party video when @maximmaxim345 and @marcelveldt was talking about the generation goals for Sendspin with the hope that more third-parties will vntually implement support for it in their products) .
And even if Sendspin is an open standard you also really need a "Terms of Service" (TOS) statement similar to that on the Home Assistant website:
Specifically, that clearify that while the specification is free to use, the Open Home Foundation has copyright of the logotype and brand as it is still classified as intellectual property, and the Sendspin name if trademarked so own all rights ti the trademarks, service marks, graphics and logo used in connection with Sendspin and are as such the sole and exclusive legal right of the Open Home Foundation so may not be used by third-parties without permission outside the consitions set in the "Terms of Service" (TOS) statement:
That is, the Apache License file is not really enough:
Anyway, that logotype (logo) should also be used by official projects and could be used by affiliated non-profit projects under certain condition, but the name "Sendspin" should be trademarked and its logotype is copyrighted so can only be used by others in unofficicial or for-profit purposes if given explicit permission. Just how the Open Home Foundation already holds intellectual property and licenses of all its existing brands, including logos, and allow approved commercial partners like Nabu Casa and Apollo Automation to use it in certified products.
PS: If Sendspin already has its own logotype and it is the "ear" shown on the new t-shirt design in the Open Home Foundation store then FYI, should mention that it looks kind of similer to the existing Sennheiser icon for the "Sennheiser Hearing Test" from Sonova, but not close enough to violate copyrights and I guess can only draw an ear in so many ways: