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ironcore-dev / ironcore

Cloud Native Infrastructure as a Service
https://ironcore-dev.github.io/ironcore
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"IronCore" name is trademarked #1059

Open zmre opened 3 months ago

zmre commented 3 months ago

Hello,

I'm the CEO of IronCore Labs and we hold the trademark for the word "IronCore" in the area of software and services and have for nine years now.

We're huge fans of open source software and we open source quite a bit of software ourselves. It looks like what you're building here is pretty cool and we're glad to see it.

But your use of the IronCore name is very confusing to the market, and to users and customers of ours as well as prospects. We've invested millions of dollars in building our brand and our name.

I'm posting this here as an Issue because I'd rather not go down paths that drag in our lawyers, involve cease and desist letters, notices to GitHub or anything like that, though that is the typical path. Seriously, I don't want to be that guy if I can avoid it (but I'm not waiving any rights here).

So this is notice to you of an infringement that you may not have been aware of previously. If you weren't aware, I get it, it's a bummer to find out. But now that you're aware, I'm asking respectfully that you rename your org and your project to something that can't be confused with our established business and that doesn't create confusion around our trademark and brand.

Regards,

Patrick Walsh, CEO, IronCore Labs

SebastianWolf-SAP commented 3 months ago

Hello Patrick,

SAP respects the IP rights of third parties and takes this issue seriously. I am reaching out to inform you that the SAP Trademark team and SAP Open Source team are going to contact you via email.

Best regards, Sebastian Wolf, SAP Open Source Program Office