Sally, (01)
The issues isn't trademarks. We've pretty well put that one to bed
by establishing that all trademarks are dead. The issue is
copyrights to Augment. Your recommendation on getting both Boeing
and BT to quitclaim any interest in those copyrights to CHM seems
like the right way to go. I spoke with John Toole about this
yesterday evening, and we both agree we can't make our Augment work
available to the community until we've completed this process. The
technical group has made fantastic progress, to the point that this
legal issues will be a bottleneck fairly soon. (02)
At 02:32 PM 11/17/2005, Sally Abel wrote:
>Dear Phil:
>
>Thanks for the below, and apologies for the radio silence. I was out of
>state all last week and have been digging out ever since. I left you
>what likely was a cryptic message last night, when I was able to pick up
>your message about the Software Project meeting, but likely you received
>the message too late for the meeting. What I was trying to convey was
>though we do not yet have the assignment in place (and even may never
>get it) that doesn't mean that the project cannot move ahead. We do not
>need to own the mark in the name of the software in order to be able to
>use the software and refer to it by its actual name. This would be a
>fair use independent of the question of who owns the mark. Of course, I
>am assuming we are not actually going to market software under the name,
>but will simply refer to the software in the context of our museum
>activities.
>
>The below is very helpful with regard to BT. I too formerly had a
>contact at BT, and can always connect with their current inhouse
>trademark lawyer(s) if Scott comes up empty handed. Let me know.
>
>I am calling Al Poskanzer now, and will let you know when I have
>anything further from him. Let's get together and celebrate (or
>commiserate) when we have Boeing's buy in.
>
>Looking forward to getting together,
>
>Sally
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip Gust [mailto:gust@NouveauSystems.com]
>Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 5:43 PM
>To: Sally Abel
>Cc: nls-legal@chm.cim3.net
>Subject:
>
>Sally,
>
>I want to follow up with you about approaching Boeing and BT about
>executing a quitclaim for Augment copyrights in favor of the Computer
>History Museum.
>
>I spoke with Scott Griffin, Boeing's CIO, on Friday and asked for his
>help identifying the right people at BT to approach about this. He
>thinks that BT is the most likely current owner of any copyrights. It
>turns out that Scott actually knew the person at BT who may have been
>involved, but he unfortunately died a few years back, and Scott doesn't
>have any other personal contacts he can call on. He said, however, that
>he'd see who he can locate and get back to us.
>
>Scott also mentioned that Al Poskanzer, who you've been dealing with,
>works for a peer of Scott's. Scott is a big supporter of this project,
>and when I had mentioned the idea of a quitclaim, he thought it was a
>sensible approach. Scott he'd brief his peer about the project and
>encourage him to have Al work with us to get it done as quickly as
>possible.
>
>So I think the pump is primed to go back to Boeing, and I'll let you
>know whether Scott's leads or any others we're pursing go anywhere.
>Please let me know how soon you'll be able to restart discussions with
>Al, and whether I can do anything to help. If you want to meet some
>time to get acquainted, Nouveau System's offices are less than 3 minutes
>away on Evelyn Avenue, near Highway 85, and I could bounce over or meet
>you somewhere in Mt. View.
>
>By the way, I belong to a CEO group called the CEO Network, and Fenwick
>is a sponsor of the group through Fred Greguras. We meet at Fenwick's
>Mt. View offices monthly. Small world...
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>
>Philip Gust
>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>
>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>fax: +1 520 843-7217
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>
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