2008/11/24 Stephen Bain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:04 AM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> That's an interesting question. What is the current trademark >> situation for the WMF? > > I don't think permanent links into Madrid Express are supported, but > you can go here and search for "Wikimedia" under "mark": > > http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/search/madrid/search-struct.jsp > > "Wikimedia" was first registered in France and is now registered in a > dozen countries. > > Note that there are some alternatives to having a registered trade > mark - for example, in the common law countries, the action of passing > off - which would likely protect the Wikimedia mark, known as it is > now globally.
That's a very useful tool (if rather cryptic in its output), thank you! If I'm reading it right, it looks like "Wikipedia" is registered far more widely. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
