[Arm-netbook] Intel at CES

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 7:01 PM, Jonathan Frederickson
<silverskullpsu at 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.