The United States-based body responsible for protecting the "Linux" name appears to be making a renewed push to register it as a trademark in Australia.
An attempt by the nation's peak Linux body to register the name 'Linux' on behalf of Linus Torvalds has failed.
A renewed bid to register the word "Linux" as an Australian trademark must meet an early April deadline or face defeat.
Australian companies trading on the name "Linux" may be exposed to trademark claims for the first time as early as next year if the nation's peak open source body gets its way.
A lawyer acting on behalf of Linus Torvalds has written to Australian Linux vendors asking them to relinquish any legal claim to the name Linux and purchase a licence for its use from the worldwide trademark owner.
One Linux Australia past president thinks so. In other Linux.conf.au coverage, a leading IT lawyer claims that an expensive and ineffective patent regime is hampering the work of Australia's software community.
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