On 13 June 2010 19:04, Tim Landscheidt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> You are aware of [[en:Wiki]] for a history of wikis and >>>> WMF's part in it? > >>> In other words, the use of "wiki" predates wikipedia (wikipedia gets >>> its name since it was a encyclopedia using the wiki system) > >> I think everyone in this conversation is aware of that. Jiri said they >> were calling it "Wiki" despite it not actually being a wiki, which >> strongly suggests they are trying to associate it with Wikipedia >> (which is very commonly abbreviated to "Wiki" despite our attempts to >> discourage it). Whether it goes far enough to be a violation is for >> the lawyers to work out - I'm not going to guess (I think it is Czech >> law that is relevant, and I don't know anything about it - there is a >> lot of consistency between trademark law in EU member states, but I'm >> not sure of the details). > > But that's most likely not a trademark issue. There are doz- > ens of cola brands on the market and few feature extracts of > the kola nut, but that doesn't mean that it is Coca-Cola's > right or duty to take legal action on a trademark basis.
The various cola brands are brands of cola, though. This site isn't a wiki. I have no idea whether this is a trademark violation under Czech law or not, and I don't believe that you do either. Let's leave it to the lawyers to work out. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
