state a position on using the tor mark in research paper titles
Roger Dingledine

Roger Dingledine commited on 2012-12-05 18:10:05
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     or project is made or endorsed by The Tor Project. Creating a new brand
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     that incorporates the Tor brand is likely to lead to confusion.</p>
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+    <a id="researchpapers"></a>
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+    <h2>What about cute Tor-derived names in research paper titles?</h2>
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+    <p>Tor enjoys a vibrant <a
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+    href="https://research.torproject.org/">research community</a>
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+    that examines anonymity attacks and defenses, design improvements,
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+    impact on society, and so on. We think it's great that professors
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+    and other researchers continue to contribute to our community,
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+    and we've even gotten funding from the National Science Foundation
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+    to help keep the Tor design and code researcher-friendly. The <a
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+    href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">anonymity bibliography</a> lists
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+    many research papers that use Tor-derived names in their titles:
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+    Torsk, DefenestraTor, Tortoise, LASTor, Torchestra, StegoTorus,
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+    and more.</p>
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+    <p>Since the authors of these research papers aren't trying to make
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+    a profit from them, and (because they're just papers, not products)
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+    the papers aren't confusing Tor users into running potentially unsafe
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+    software, we believe that the use of the Tor mark in these research
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+    paper titles is acceptable non-trademark or fair use.</p>
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+    <p>That said, if the research paper comes with software, and that
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+    software could potentially confuse people (users or other researchers)
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+    about whether it's written or endorsed by The Tor Project, then we're
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+    back to the <a href="#combining">above scenario</a>.</p>
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     <h2>Does this mean you're enforcing trademark rights?</h2>
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     <p>The Tor Project is a non-profit corporation organized to research and
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