[JDEV] Jabber, the Name

[Thomas Charron]

From: Jens Alfke
Subject: Re: [JDEV] Jabber, the Name
I see a few more choices. There's a distinction between using the name
"Jabber" as part of a product name, vs. simply declaring the product as
"Jabber compatible" (and of course using the word "Jabber" or the light bulb
logo in the UI.)

    This is getting just plain silly.  Jabber.com simply bought the rights
to the term Jabber so they could be called Jabber, and the project, and
their company, could continue to use it.  If it came down to a court case,
theres a distinct possibility that the trademark would be vacated, simply do
to the fact of lack of enforcement.  You see, Trademark law goes both ways.
You can pretty much trademark anything under the sun.  But then comes to
part about 'vigourously defending'.  They certainly haven't done that, which
speaks volumes regarding why they purchased th name in the first place.