But it was done coincidentally with the discussions that ultimately led to the OSI and the OSD.
>> Bruce Perens has applied to register "open source" as a trademark and hold it through Software in the Public Interest. The trademark conditions will be known as the ``Open Source Definition'', essentially the same as the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
Bruce attempted to register a certification mark (a type of trademark), but the application lapsed in 1999 after OSI discovered that there was virtually zero chance of registering the term "open source" as a mark, as the term is too descriptive.
No, it's not:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/open-source.html
And even if it was, popular terms reach beyond the persons/organizations that coined them.
Unless it's trademarked, it's just a term all kinds of people use, many of which don't know/care about OSI.
In fact:
https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.p...