trademark
Usage of trademarked names in pypi
<p>I am not sure if it's the right place to ask, but I don't find better place .</p>

<p>I am holding "<code>windows</code>", "apple", "<code>microsoft</code>", "<code>ios</code>" and lots of other trademarked names on pypi.</p>

<p><strong>Microsoft</strong> contacted me and asked me to hand over the ownership of those names.  Of course I will do that as they asked me politely.  But they warn me that Microsoft may consider legal action.</p>

<p>My question is,  Is this an obligation?  Can they actually file for open source package names?  And what if I don't want to handover?  (As I said I am just curious about the topic)</p>

<p>ps:  If this question is off topic , please guide me.</p>

<p>They can actually sue you, if that's what you're asking.  You may want to pay a trademark attorney to see if they'll sign a release of liability or the like when you turn the package names over, just to be extra cautious--or to negotiate for a few months to announce to your package users that you are transitioning to new package names.  My guess is they won't bother giving you a release of liability but might be fine with a few months, unless they have a package they want to put out quickly.  That kind of thing is common in Trademark law, and their primary interest is showing that they are protecting their trademark.</p>
