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On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 7:01 PM, Jonathan Frederickson silverskullpsu@gmail.com wrote:
that's Trademark infringment, which is completely different. CERTIFICATION mark infringment is based on STANDARDS. a Trademark is based on a PRODUCT or a brand..
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding of certification marks is that, while they're related to the standards published by a given entity, the actual certification mark is the mark on the casing of the device (or on the box, or on a sticker...), and *not* the whole set of standards that must be met in order to qualify for that mark.
.... i believe they go hand-in-hand. i just remembered the instance of HDMI: if you want to put "HDMI" on the outside of a box, you have to go to an accredited certifier (AGC Cert for example whom i just visited a couple months back), pass some very specific tests, and *then* you can put "HDMI" on the outside.
those tests will be to ensure compliance with the HDMI standard.
ok *sigh* so intel get away with it... as long as they don't put "EOMA68" on the outside of the cases.
arse. that's gonna be a damn nuisance.
Furthermore, at least in the US it appears that the owner of a certification mark is not permitted to use it themselves:
yeah yeah, you like that? pretty funny, huh? so i can make these devices for people but i have to tell them "go put your own stickers on them, and pay $5k to a Certification Company to have the tests done".
also, ironically, how the hell am i supposed to bootstrap the initial eco-system??
duuuuh... i don't think the people who created the Certification Mark system thought of that one...
l.