[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Lettuce

Tony Arnold tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk
Wed May 21 16:38:24 BST 2008


Jai,

Jai Harrison wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Kris Marsh <moogman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://luiscosio.com/ubuntu-lettuce
>>
> 
> That's pretty funny. Lol.
> 
> But isn't it a trademark infringement on Canonical? Perhaps this is an
> authorised use of the Ubuntu logo though I cannot see why Canonical
> would authorise the use of their logo on lettuce.

IANAL, but given there is unlikely to be any confusion between a salad
product and a Linux distro, I doubt there is any mileage in pursuing a
trademark infringement case. It may also be that the food company had it
first!

Regards,
Tony.
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