Python Trademark Status

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <UkHp5.15229$Xg.116735 at news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
Neil Hodgson <neilh at scintilla.org> wrote:
>
>   I looked into registering a trademark for Scintilla, which is an open
>source project (as a defensive move because WIPO regards trademarks as the
>only basis of a defensible domain name) but it looked to me as though I was
>ineligible as the mark (at least as explained on the Australian government
>site) had to be used for 'trading'. Did CNRI ever 'trade' in Python or have
>an intention of doing so? Is my interpretation wrong or is US law different?

I think there may be a legal definition for 'trade' that is used here.
My understanding of USA law is that a trademark can be applied for any
time a 'product' is involved.
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