Trademark & use of the name
How the name “Digital Reasoning Thread” is protected and why everyone can use it.
Registered European trademark
“Digital Reasoning Thread” is registered as a European Union trademark (EU trade mark) for a period of 10 years. You can look up the registration in the EUIPO/TMDn database: TMDn – EM500000019244395.
Why we registered it: keep it free for everyone
The mark was registered so that the term stays available to the community — not so that a single company or vendor can claim it. Our goal is that everyone can use “Digital Reasoning Thread”, fork the concept, adapt it, and develop it further. We do not want large players (e.g. Siemens, Bosch, Accenture, or others) to grab the term and lock it down. The registration protects the name from that kind of appropriation.
You are welcome to use it
You may use the term “Digital Reasoning Thread” (and abbreviations like DRT) in a descriptive, fair way: in talks, papers, products, open-source projects, and community work. You may fork, extend, and build on the concept. We do not grant exclusive rights to any company. We ask that you do not suggest that you alone own or officially represent the term, and that you do not use it in a way that confuses the public about who stands behind the concept. Beyond that, use it to help the idea grow.
In short
The trademark exists to keep “Digital Reasoning Thread” open and in the hands of the community. Use it, develop it, and help make industrial reasoning traceable and reusable for everyone.
Initiative
Digital Reasoning Thread is developed as an initiative under AI² – Association for Industrial AI, a global association connecting industry, academia, and technology leaders to advance Industrial AI.