{"id":57,"date":"2006-06-01T20:51:28","date_gmt":"2006-06-01T20:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/trademarks\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T01:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:25:25","slug":"trademarks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trademarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have mixed feelings about patents & trademarks. On the one hand I believe in the free sharing of ideas. On the other hand one also needs to protect one’s intellectual property, not so much from the small guys but from big corporations. I have shied away from attempting to register any software patents. I believe these are not in the best interest of the computer industry. However I have registered some of my product names as trademarks with the UK Patent Office. <\/p>\n

Currently I am the proud owner of these UK registered trademarks…<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Garf Technology – my business trading name<\/li>\n
  2. Mr Goose (logo) – we wouldn’t want anyone stealing Mr Goose now would we?<\/li>\n
  3. Mr Goose (name)<\/li>\n
  4. VirtualHead – This is the name of a long-standing projects. It would be too messy (and expensive) to patent this, even if I wanted to!<\/li>\n
  5. WebOnCD – WebOnCD<\/a> isn’t rocket science. It is a means of putting web-pages on CD ROM in an orderly, easily replicated manner. Actually, I’m letting this one lapse because it’s been years since I built one of these. Though I’m always delighted to do so if anyone still wants one! <\/li>\n
  6. DEOSS – Development & Education via Open Source Systems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    Home<\/a> | About<\/a> | Garf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I have mixed feelings about patents & trademarks. On the one hand I believe in the free sharing of ideas. On the other hand one also needs to protect one’s intellectual property, not so much from the small guys but from big corporations. I have shied away from attempting to register any software patents. I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27142,"parent":24,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nTrademarks - GarfNet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trademarks - GarfNet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have mixed feelings about patents & trademarks. On the one hand I believe in the free sharing of ideas. On the other hand one also needs to protect one’s intellectual property, not so much from the small guys but from big corporations. I have shied away from attempting to register any software patents. I...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GarfNet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-01T01:25:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nggallery_import\/20060709-p1090035-shirley-e1754011517402.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1792\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1195\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/trademarks\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/trademarks\\\/\",\"name\":\"Trademarks - GarfNet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/trademarks\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/trademarks\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/nggallery_import\\\/20060709-p1090035-shirley-e1754011517402.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-06-01T20:51:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-01T01:25:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/trademarks\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/trademarks\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/trademarks\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/nggallery_import\\\/20060709-p1090035-shirley-e1754011517402.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/nggallery_import\\\/20060709-p1090035-shirley-e1754011517402.jpg\",\"width\":1792,\"height\":1195},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/trademarks\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"About me\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/about\\\/garf\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Trademarks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/\",\"name\":\"GarfNet\",\"description\":\"Penguin-powered and full of Unixy goodness, since 1995...\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/27529e0ea0460ec8c299743f70c06635\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/27529e0ea0460ec8c299743f70c06635\",\"name\":\"Garf\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/garflogo-garfnet-1.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/garflogo-garfnet-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/garflogo-garfnet-1.png\",\"width\":2420,\"height\":1928,\"caption\":\"Garf\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/garfnet.org.uk\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/garflogo-garfnet-1.png\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trademarks - GarfNet","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trademarks - GarfNet","og_description":"I have mixed feelings about patents & trademarks. On the one hand I believe in the free sharing of ideas. On the other hand one also needs to protect one’s intellectual property, not so much from the small guys but from big corporations. I have shied away from attempting to register any software patents. I...","og_url":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/","og_site_name":"GarfNet","article_modified_time":"2025-08-01T01:25:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1792,"height":1195,"url":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nggallery_import\/20060709-p1090035-shirley-e1754011517402.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/","url":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/","name":"Trademarks - GarfNet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nggallery_import\/20060709-p1090035-shirley-e1754011517402.jpg","datePublished":"2006-06-01T20:51:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-01T01:25:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nggallery_import\/20060709-p1090035-shirley-e1754011517402.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nggallery_import\/20060709-p1090035-shirley-e1754011517402.jpg","width":1792,"height":1195},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/trademarks\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About","item":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"About me","item":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Trademarks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/","name":"GarfNet","description":"Penguin-powered and full of Unixy goodness, since 1995...","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/#\/schema\/person\/27529e0ea0460ec8c299743f70c06635"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/#\/schema\/person\/27529e0ea0460ec8c299743f70c06635","name":"Garf","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/garflogo-garfnet-1.png","url":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/garflogo-garfnet-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/garflogo-garfnet-1.png","width":2420,"height":1928,"caption":"Garf"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/garflogo-garfnet-1.png"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33888,"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/33888"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}