Openaddresses trademark

[geobrando]

I could see benefits of doing this, especially if there may be a chance of forming some kind of 501(c)(3).

I couldn't find any active registrations for "openaddresses" with USPTO using this

[migurski]

Might be hard to get this as a trademark—we fall pretty far to the wrong side of the spectrum of distinctiveness.

[geobrando]

That's hard to say. Stamen's lawyers were able to snag Maptime despite the fact that there were at least a couple other examples of its use by other entities.