[Discuss] Trademark FAQ and best practices text.

[Pamela Chestek]

That would be me (and please forgive my lurking). I was inspired when I 
worked at Red Hat as its inside trademark counsel and saw many sites 
that didn't have guidelines, and those that did had differing opinions 
on what should be permitted and what shouldn't be. I thought it would be 
beneficial to create some common understanding on the community level, 
in the way that people have common understandings about what you can do 
with software if has a GPL license, Mozilla license, etc., which makes 
life easier for everyone using the licenses. I've since left Red Hat and 
now have a private practice, although I am still actively involved in 
the open source community.

I'm happy to answer any questions about what's there and welcome any 
contributions. If there are enough differences between hardware and 
software, maybe we could set up parallel pages for the two different uses.

Pam

Pamela S. Chestek, Esq.
Chestek Legal
PO Box 2492
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-800-8033
pamela at chesteklegal.com
www.chesteklegal.com

On 2/6/2014 11:41 AM, Michael Weinberg wrote:
> That site is fantastic.  Do you know who started it?
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Pamela Chestek 
> <pamela at chesteklegal.com <mailto:pamela at chesteklegal.com>> wrote:
>
>     Perhaps you would find this site helpful:
>
>     modeltrademarkguidelines.org <http://modeltrademarkguidelines.org>
>
>     Pamela S. Chestek, Esq.
>     Chestek Legal
>     PO Box 2492
>     Raleigh, NC 27602
>     919-800-8033 <tel:919-800-8033>
>     pamela at chesteklegal.com <mailto:pamela at chesteklegal.com>
>     www.chesteklegal.com <http://www.chesteklegal.com>
>
>
>     On 2/4/2014 10:10 AM, David A. Mellis wrote:
>
>         Hi all,
>
>         Gabriella, Alicia, and I have been working on some text about
>         trademarks for the OSHW FAQ and best practices document on the
>         OSHWA website:
>         https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IAaNTU7pR6abhZxJId-i0IZDmp63iC17-uA40m8jpQ8/edit?usp=sharing
>
>         Please take a look and make edits or suggestions.
>
>         Thanks!
>         David
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