[incubator] branch master updated: Better co-ordination with trademarks documents.

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     new 1441841  Better co-ordination with trademarks documents.
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commit 1441841ee717c494de35e5e33b68a2e475a747ce
Author: Dave Fisher <da...@comcast.net>
AuthorDate: Sat Dec 5 11:55:23 2020 -0800

    Better co-ordination with trademarks documents.
---
 pages/guides/names.ad | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pages/guides/names.ad b/pages/guides/names.ad
index 9e56bac..4d39b19 100644
--- a/pages/guides/names.ad
+++ b/pages/guides/names.ad
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/#whoweare[team]). Please start by re
 - the link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/[Apache Trademark Policy] (which introduces trademarks and outlines our policy);
 - the link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/faq/[Apache Trademark FAQs] (which answers questions asked by downstream consumers); and
 - the link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html[Apache Project Branding Requirements] (which guides PMCs).
+- the link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/naming.html[Suitable Name Search] (which guides Podlings and PMCs).
 
 For podlings in the Incubator, naming issues are managed co-operatively by the Brand and Incubator communities.
 Rules for podlings include all branding requirements for PMCs, plus a few extras. 
@@ -52,14 +53,10 @@ The link:http://www.apache.org/foundation[Apache Software Foundation] is
 a link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html#is-ASF-a-corporation[US corporation]. 
 Developing some understanding of the basic principles of US trademark law is therefore important.
 
-Please read:
+Please read: 
 
 - link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/#principles[Description of key trademark principles] for Apache projects;
-- USPTO trademark
- - link:http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/index.jsp[home] page
- - link:http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/index.jsp[basics], and follow the links for materials;
-- link:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_Trademark_Law[US Trademark Law] WikiBook; and
-- link:http://www.ifosslr.org/ifosslr/article/view/11/37[Passport Without A Visa: Open Source Software Licensing and Trademarks] by Tiki Dare and Harvey Anderson in the link:http://www.ifosslr.org/[International Free and Open Source Software Law Review].
+- link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/naming.html#regsearch[Description of how to search for existing trademarks.)
 
 ==== Trademarks And The Apache License
 
@@ -124,6 +121,11 @@ Therefore complete this task as soon as possible.
 
 The aim - to find a name that is acceptable to the community and is not unsuitable.
 
+See the instructions at link:https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/naming.html#namesearch[Suitable Name Search]
+about how to perform the name search and interact with the VP, Brand and their committee. Approval comes from them.
+
+The following are notes about the suitable name search developed over time.
+
 A suitable name search has public and private elements. 
 The link:https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH[tracker] provides the public record.
 Incubator best practice evolves over time, documentation lags.
@@ -133,7 +135,6 @@ Review now the records of previous searches, beginning with the most recent then
 The public record consists of _actions_ (how you searched) and _facts_ (what your search found). In particular,
 in *all* public forums (mailing lists, issue trackers and so on):
 
-
 -*Do not* speculate.
 -*Do not* use loaded technical legal language. 
 -*Do not* offer 


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