Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Rename datapilot to Pivot Table?

Hi all,


Short translation is that there is a patent claim which references to
> > > PivotTable as trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Within the last
> > > years this was always named as reason why OOo needs to use the term
> > > "Datapilot" - I have no idea if (and how) this situation did change
> > > recently. In fact there might be an agreement between Oracle and MS
> > > which covers OOo .. but surely not LibO.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on this?

Well, the people at Sun were right.

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4009:rmqegm.2.1

PIVOTTABLE is a registered federal US trademark, assigned to Microsoft Corp.

It is also registered at least in France.

At the European Community Trademark Office :

http://esearch.oami.europa.eu/copla/trademark/data/000943019

and no doubt elsewhere in the world.


Alex





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