The Eclipse Foundation holds and protects the MicroProfile trademark on behalf of the project and community.
In order for a claim on a trademark to be valid, it must be protected. As part of that protection, a set of trademark usage guidelines [1] has been established. Further, we've provided some guidelines for project teams on how to manage their project brand [2].
The short version is that you need to refer to the project as "Eclipse MicroProfile" on the microprofile.io website; you need to include a statement to the effect of "MicroProfile is a trademark of the Eclipse Foundation"; appropriate registration marks (e.g. tm) need to be applied to the first uses of the name; and you need to provide links back to the development website [3].
From the POV of the Eclipse Foundation, microprofile.io is a community site; there's more information in the handbook regarding the obligations for using the name on a community site [4].
FWIW, we've submitted the paperwork to register the MicroProfile trademark. For now, it should be "Eclipse MicroProfile(tm)", but this will need to change to "Eclipse MicroProfile(R)" after we get the registration number.
From Wayne Beaton (EMO):
The Eclipse Foundation holds and protects the MicroProfile trademark on behalf of the project and community.
In order for a claim on a trademark to be valid, it must be protected. As part of that protection, a set of trademark usage guidelines [1] has been established. Further, we've provided some guidelines for project teams on how to manage their project brand [2].
The short version is that you need to refer to the project as "Eclipse MicroProfile" on the microprofile.io website; you need to include a statement to the effect of "MicroProfile is a trademark of the Eclipse Foundation"; appropriate registration marks (e.g. tm) need to be applied to the first uses of the name; and you need to provide links back to the development website [3].
From the POV of the Eclipse Foundation, microprofile.io is a community site; there's more information in the handbook regarding the obligations for using the name on a community site [4].
FWIW, we've submitted the paperwork to register the MicroProfile trademark. For now, it should be "Eclipse MicroProfile(tm)", but this will need to change to "Eclipse MicroProfile(R)" after we get the registration number.
Please make this a priority.
Thanks,
Wayne
[1] https://eclipse.org/legal/logo_guidelines.php [2[ https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#trademarks [3] https://www.eclipse.org/microprofile [4] https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#community-portals-and-related-websites