[asterisk-biz] Digium enforcing its trademarks

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Brian West wrote:

> You shouldn't have to contact Digium for such use cases as "Asterisk  
> Compatible" or "Works with Asterisk".

The issue is *not* the use of the trademarks within the ad copy itself
(as you rightly point out), it is the purchase of search
results/listings for those trademarks via the AdWords process. As far as
I'm aware, it's perfectly acceptable to have an ad that says "Our
products are compatible with Asterisk" or "Our products are based on
Asterisk" or similar copy, but purchasing 'Asterisk' or 'Digium' as a
keyword to get those ads to show up in searches is not allowed unless
Digium has authorized you to do so.

-- 
Kevin P. Fleming
Director of Software Technologies
Digium, Inc. - "The Genuine Asterisk Experience" (TM)