On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 03:01 -0400, Russ Nelson wrote:
On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:53 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote:
The logo is also now trademarked. I'll raise this (and have also
copied to
Matt) as currently we don't have a policy on reuse of the logo.
You'll need permission from Steve Coast first, as he is still listed as
the Proprietor by the Intellectual Property Office.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-find-number?detailsrequested=Ctrademark=2500155
A Canadian trade mark lawyer was surprised that the transfer from Steve
Coast to the OpenStreetMap Foundation would take more than a week or
two. Has this transfer slipped due to oversight, incompetence,
redefined goals or some sinister Satanic Portal[1]
The transfer application form is currently with the UK Intellectual Property
Office and should get processed any day soon.
It seems however that all that does is update the IPO's registry records. A
separate assignment is required to actually transfer the IP from Steve to
OSMF. This is in hand, and will probably be dealt with at Thursday's board
meeting.
80n
We (Open Source Initiative) have struggled with this for years. Not
straightforward. Python Software Foundation has a good policy for
reuse of their snake logo.
The Fedora Project has Trademark Guidelines. The Foundation might use
this as a starting point once the Foundation owns a trade mark.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines#Proper_Trademark_Use
[1] Satanic Portal might also be a trade mark owned by Steve Coast but I
don't see it listed. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/search.htm?words=satanic
+portal
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