Hi! On 2018-04-11 16:06, jp charras wrote: > I am fine to register Kicad under CERN. > (I am not especially interested in having it under my name.)
I am wondering if there might be legal difficulties in the case of trademark enforcement procedures, because of some "special" legal state of CERN owning the trademark. The german Wikipedia page says: Das CERN befindet sich auf schweizerischem und französischem Staatsgebiet; daher gilt kein nationales Recht. "No national law applies" could be either difficult or beneficial for KiCad in the case of an infringement. A different idea might be to found i.e. a (non-profit) Limited ((gemeinnützige) GmbH) and have the Limited holding all the rights. Several people (developers) can then be a "Gesellschafter" (shareholder or partner) of the GmbH. Maybe it's good to ask a lawyer with focus on international intelectual property law for a hint. Regards, Clemens _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
