List of trademarked open-source software


This is a list of free/open-source software whose names are covered by registered trademarks. As many countries provide some form of basic protection for unregistered trademarks, nearly any free or open-source software title may be trademarked under common law. This list covers software whose trademarks are registered under a country's intellectual property body.
NameTrademark holderDate filed
BitTorrentBitTorrent, Inc.September 12, 2004
BlenderBlender FoundationFebruary 17, 2013
DebianSoftware in the Public InterestNovember 7, 1997
Draw FreelySoftware Freedom ConservancyFebruary 23, 2009
DRBDLINBIT Information TechnologiesFebruary 4, 2005
DrizzleSoftware in the Public InterestAugust 3, 2012
DrupalDries BuytaertDecember 14, 2006
EtherealEthereal, Inc.March 10, 2003
EvergreenSoftware Freedom ConservancyJanuary 23, 2007
FinnixRyan FinnieAugust 17, 2006
FreeBSDFreeBSD FoundationJuly 6, 1994
GentooGentoo Technologies, Inc.November 4, 2003
GitSoftware Freedom ConservancyJune 17, 2013
GNOMEGNOME FoundationFebruary 7, 2002
GNUFree Software FoundationJuly 25, 2011
HadoopApache Software FoundationJuly 21, 2011
KodiXBMC FoundationMay 16, 2014
ImageMagickImageMagick Studio LLCNovember 27, 2003
InkscapeSoftware Freedom ConservancyFebruary 17, 2009
JenkinsSoftware in the Public InterestOctober 14, 2011
JoomlaOpen Source MattersJuly 9, 2007
jQuerySoftware Freedom ConservancyOctober 4, 2011
KDEKDE e.V.September 1, 2003
LinuxLinus TorvaldsAugust 15, 1994
LSBLinux FoundationJune 24, 2002
midPointEvolveumJuly 7, 2016
MifosSoftware Freedom ConservancyDecember 10, 2004
MinGWSoftware in the Public InterestJuly 23, 2013
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla FoundationDecember 22, 2003
Mozilla ThunderbirdMozilla FoundationSeptember 20, 2006
MycroftMycroft AI Inc.October 24, 2017
MySQLOracle AmericaJuly 6, 2001
NetBSDThe NetBSD FoundationApril 20, 2004
NmapInsecure.Com LLCDecember 18, 2003
OpenOffice.orgOracle AmericaOctober 15, 2006
OpenStackOpenStack FoundationSeptember 24, 2013
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap FoundationFebruary 11, 2013
OpenSUSENovellAugust 13, 2012
OpenWrtSoftware in the Public InterestMay 12, 2014
ownCloudownCloud, Inc.November 16, 2011
PerlYet Another SocietyJanuary 27, 2005
phpMyAdminSoftware Freedom ConservancyNovember 14, 2013
pkgsrcThe NetBSD FoundationJuly 6, 2004
PythonPython Software FoundationMay 5, 2005
QtNokiaFebruary 1, 2001
ReactOSReactOS Foundation February 20, 2008
SeleniumSoftware Freedom ConservancyJanuary 16, 2014
SendmailSendmail, Inc.March 13, 1998
SpamAssassinApache Software FoundationJuly 30, 2002
SubversionApache Software FoundationFebruary 13, 2006
Sugar on a StickSoftware Freedom ConservancyJanuary 14, 2010
TorThe Tor Project, Inc.May 3, 2007
TriSanoCollaborative Software InitiativeJuly 29, 2008
UbuntuCanonical Ltd.May 24, 2013
VNCRealVNCJune 6, 2007
WineSoftware Freedom ConservancyJuly 31, 2007
WiresharkGerald CombsJuly 10, 2006
July 13, 2006
XBMCXBMC FoundationMay 16, 2014
XFSSilicon Graphics, Inc.July 11, 2002
XigmaNASMichael ZoonSeptember 11, 2018