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Bug 922478 - Alleged trademark infringement in amazon.de shop
Summary: Alleged trademark infringement in amazon.de shop
Status: IN_PROGRESS
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Foundation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Licenses (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Board of Trustees
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Reported: 2024-01-19 09:36 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified: 2024-05-02 09:04 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2024-01-19 09:36:03 UTC
I see several items in the amazon.de shop that may infringe on the trademarks that are held by Gentoo Foundation and by Förderverein Gentoo e.V.

The brands are "Gentoo Linux Collection tees" (Amazon merch on demand) and "Evelin Logo's". See list of ASINs below.


Brand: Gentoo Linux Collection tees (clothing)

Gentoo logo + text "gentoo linux":

   B09D1YW5GZ
   B09DTSQY6M
   B09DV3N9P7
   B09Y3DJN1M
   B09Y3DN456
   B09Y4FV8L9
   B09Y4HL7ZZ
   B09Y7G2TWK
   B09YC21HR1
   B09YC4K7HB
   B09YCC3892
   B09YQ77HJG
   B09YQ8T74X
   B0BSMWP367
   B0BSN28154
   B0BSRJF5PQ
   B0BSRK39B1
   B0BSRT2XRX
   B0BSRTYNCC
   B0BSS2BXQQ
   B0BSS2YBZW
   B0BST77V24
   B0BST7KGS1
   B0BW9TG9R4
   B0BW9TPT7J
   B0C8QQ3YDX
   B0C8QS3KWG
   B0C8QXK454
   B0C8QYG3TZ
   B0C8R1Q7HC
   B0C93SWJ8Q
   B0C93T9W8D
   B0CL7BWW4Y
   B0CL7DLKY5
   B0CL7KYMYK
   B0CL7LVM4H
   B0CPVRMHDK

Gentoo logo only:

   B09DTQ5GX2
   B09F37RL4S
   B09F3B74JF
   B09Y45V6VH
   B09Y468J2B
   B09YP1Y6VW
   B0BSM7NBDQ
   B0BSMHT23G
   B0BSTR7W72
   B0BSTSGCB8

Text "gentoo linux" only:

   B0BGD4BZP5
   B0BGD4FV5J
   B0BGD55Z4G
   B0BGD5PX2V
   B0BGD7QMYW

Gentoo FreeBSD logo + text "gentoo":

   B09Y99M7BD
   B09Y99PGP1
   B0BSN9R8MM
   B0BSN9V9HG


Brand: Evelin Logo's (self-adhesive stickers):

Gentoo logo + Text "powered by gentoo linux":

   B08QXTLZ7F
Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2024-01-24 06:23:29 UTC
(In reply to Ulrich Müller from comment #0)
> Brand: Evelin Logo's (self-adhesive stickers):
> 
> Gentoo logo + Text "powered by gentoo linux":
> 
>    B08QXTLZ7F

This has been taken down (after I had submitted an infringement report to them).
Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2024-01-25 07:55:39 UTC
Infringement report sent.
Comment 3 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2024-01-25 09:41:41 UTC
The following 52 items have been taken down from the amazon.de shop:

> Gentoo logo + text "gentoo linux":
> 
>    B09D1YW5GZ B09DTSQY6M B09DV3N9P7 B09Y3DJN1M B09Y3DN456 B09Y4FV8L9
>    B09Y4HL7ZZ B09Y7G2TWK B09YC21HR1 B09YC4K7HB B09YCC3892 B09YQ77HJG
>    B09YQ8T74X B0BSMWP367 B0BSN28154 B0BSRJF5PQ B0BSRK39B1 B0BSRT2XRX
>    B0BSRTYNCC B0BSS2BXQQ B0BSS2YBZW B0BST77V24 B0BST7KGS1 B0BW9TG9R4
>    B0BW9TPT7J B0C8QQ3YDX B0C8QS3KWG B0C8QXK454 B0C8QYG3TZ B0C8R1Q7HC
>    B0C93SWJ8Q B0C93T9W8D B0CL7BWW4Y B0CL7DLKY5 B0CL7KYMYK B0CL7LVM4H
>    B0CPVRMHDK
> 
> Gentoo logo only:
> 
>    B09DTQ5GX2 B09F37RL4S B09F3B74JF B09Y45V6VH B09Y468J2B B09YP1Y6VW
>    B0BSM7NBDQ B0BSMHT23G B0BSTR7W72 B0BSTSGCB8
> 
> Gentoo FreeBSD logo + text "gentoo":
> 
>    B09Y99M7BD B09Y99PGP1 B0BSN9R8MM B0BSN9V9HG
> 
> Gentoo logo + Text "powered by gentoo linux":
> 
>    B08QXTLZ7F


For the following 5 items, Amazon refused to take action:

> Text "gentoo linux" only:
> 
>    B0BGD4BZP5 B0BGD4FV5J B0BGD55Z4G B0BGD5PX2V B0BGD7QMYW

Excerpt from their reply:

| We cannot take action on your report for the reasons listed below.
|
| -- The items you reported do not correspond to the registration classes
| of your trademark.

Excerpt from the product's description on https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BGD5PX2V (mangling of the German language is in the original):

| * Dieses T-Shirt ist ein tolles Geschenk. Zeigen Sie Ihre Leidenschaft
|   für diese Mindset mit diesem Gentoo Linux Shirt! Es ist eine
|   Open-Source-Linux-Verteilung Gentoo Linux wurde nach dem schnell
|   schwimmenden Gentoo-Pinguin benannt, er ist leicht zu pflegen und
|   flexibel.
|
| * Dieses T-Shirt Thema mit Gentoo Linux Logo. Geschenkidee für Freunde,
|   Kollegen, Hacker, Geeks, Programmierer, Computergenien und Sys-Admins.
|   Außerdem zu Weihnachten, Geburtstag oder Vatertag für Jung oder Herren
|   und Mädchen.
Comment 4 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2024-05-02 09:04:31 UTC
(In reply to Ulrich Müller from comment #0)
> Brand: Evelin Logo's (self-adhesive stickers):
> 
> Gentoo logo + Text "powered by gentoo linux":
> 
>    B08QXTLZ7F

This seller has now signed a trademark license agreement with Gentoo e.V., so we have retracted the complaint about this item.

Note that the same stickers/badges are also sold on Ebay under a different seller's name (which is covered by above license agreement):
https://www.ebay.com/str/5starbadgeshop