[Discuss] New Wikimedia trademark policy

[Michael Weinberg]

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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:35 AM, alicia <amgibb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I really what Wikipedia has done. I really like the model of the
> collective logo. A collective logo is what the oshw logo is, without any
> legal hook on trademark, but more or less a hook on the oshw definition<http://www.oshwa.org/definition/> (which
> will only have legal standing as a social contract).
>
> For sake of this discussion thread, please keep in mind that we cannot
> trademark the existing oshw logo. When we signed our existence agreement
> with OSI for the current oshw logo <http://oshwlogo.com/>, we agreed that
> OSHWA nor OSI would ever trademark the oshw logo (here's the agreement<http://www.oshwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OSI-OSHWA-Agreement.pdf>
> ).
>
> Cheers,
> Alicia
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Javier Serrano <Javier.Serrano at cern.ch>wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I think the recent innovative developments from the Wikimedia Foundation
>> regarding their marks and the possible community use thereof can be
>> quite relevant here. Here are a couple of links:
>>
>> Trademark policy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_policy
>>
>> Discussion about the suitability of a Community Logo:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Javier
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