Onsdag 29 april 2009 skrev Jean-Michel Pouré: > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 10:21 +0200, Markus wrote: > > > You need to get the approval of jmpoure for this, unless things have > > > changed since december. > > > > I don't think that he can overrule Jean-Baptiste. > > Mads, don't make it a personal issue.
I did not intend to. It is my impression from the last time this issue was up, that you was in charge of this part of Kdenlive. Which is exactly why I mention your role to Markus; he needs to make you aware of his work in an early stage. > The claperboard is a registered logo from one or several companies. The > clapper board is the official logo from Final Cut Pro. A registered logo > is a like a trademark. I perfectly understand this, but disagree with your judgement, which I thought I had made clear. > Why would you want Kdenlive into trouble just because you spent a couple > of hours on this logo and don't understand the principles of law? *I* did not spend time on it. Cinephiliac spent considerable time on it, while receiving feedback from e.g. jb. Please review the old thread to understand the process/community issue I raised and which I think we should learn from (another reason to make Markus aware of your role re logos). Please note, AFAIRC I never questioned your role, nor the legal issues, only your judgement on the specific issue. Re the law: I believe I *fully* understand this. I feel impelled to mention that I have, in 2002, been used as an "expert" by the Danish Goverment on issues surrounding copyright in relation to the implementation of the EU Infosoc directive in Danish Law. Although this is not trademark related per- se, please believe me; I *do* understand (the core of) the issues. To this day, I still work with IP issues in a political context. I asked you for a link or reference to the full *non-textual* trademark registration for Final Cut Pro. You never responded. I understand this, as it is not straightforward to find this, but I was hoping you had solid knowledge about it, not only the "tm" next to some logo. The actual registration may contain specifics on which part of a logo/text (combo) that are protected, and, more importantly, which are not. In the beginning of 2009 I went to the trouble to consult (free) legal advise on the logo by Cinephiliac, and even sought the advise of the Danish Patent And Trademark Commision. All informal legal judgements suggested that your judgement (re the similarity to the Final Cut Pro logo) was in error. > Why don't you send us a letter that in case of a law suit, you are > responsible on your personal assets including house, portfolio, etc ... This is clearly not needed. First of all, Kdenlive could easily be considered a non-profit endavour, and even Adobe would, assuming they felt their trademark has been violated, probably just ask (perhaps not very kindly) that we just stop using it. There is no need to assume a "full-blown" attack; even Adobe would know that they gain very little from that. Check this link: http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2707.html first ask, if no comply, lawsuit. This is very common with trademarks. The option to comply is almost always given, because trademark lawsuits are a pain for everyone involved. Secondly: There is a very easy way to circumvent the whole trouble; we could just trademark the Kdenlive Logo ourself. As part of the process, the Trademark office will make a legal judgement if the logo infringes on anyone elses trademark. For a Danish registration the cost is about €320. Since Final Cut Pro is registered in DK, this should be enough to demonstrate good-faith in not wanting to infringe anyone elses trademark. To make even more sure, another €900 (post may) will give you an EU wide trademark. Because Cinephiliac did not appear interessted in this approach, and I basiscally consider it unneccesary, I did not follow this route. So, in summary: Pointing Markus to you was meant as a constructive measure - IMO its important that he gets your "blessing" (so to speak), before spending time on a new logo. I believe I *do* understand the issues, but I disagree with your judgement in the possibly infringement on Final Cut Pros logo. I do not think I will have more to add to this discussion. I fully respect that we disagree on the judgement - just wanted to make sure that it was known that I believe I understand the issues. Best regards Mads -- Mads Bondo Dydensborg [email protected] http://www.madsdydensborg.dk/ I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - Beatrice Hall [pseudonym: S.G. Tallentyre], 1907 (many times wrongfully attributed to Voltaire) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Kdenlive-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kdenlive-devel
