OSM Trademark Violations and Lack of Enforcement, General and Specific Examples

[ZeLonewolf (Brian M Sperlongano)]

@woodpeck

the OSM trademark policy at
Trademark Policy - OpenStreetMap Foundation explicitly states:

“You may not: … substitute words in the mark (“OpenStreetThing” or
“OpenThingMap”), especially where the new combination sounds similar to
OpenStreetMap.”

You should therefore either find a different name for your map, or come
to a trademark agreement with the OSM foundation.

Of course, this observation was summarily ignored. As we know, the Foundation has few resources to spare and certainly aren’t paying lawyers to enforce the trademark or attribution requirements. The worst the OP can expect is a strongly worded letter of protest.

But, cool map.