Hi Mason, yup very sad - but I am feeling so much better having shared the load and received such a warm and supportive response from the Koha community. I have posted to those other lists as well so cross fingers between us we can fight this.
Cheers Jo. On 22 November 2011 14:08, Mason James <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2011-11-22, at 10:31 AM, Joann Ransom wrote: > > > As I am sure most of you are aware, Horowhenua Library Trust is the > birth place of Koha and the longest serving member of the Koha community. > Back in 1999 when we were working on Koha, the idea that 12 years later we > would be having to write an email like this never crossed our minds. It is > with tremendous sadness that we must write this plea for help to you, the > other members of the Koha community. > > > > The situation we find ourselves in, is that after over a year of > battling against it, PTFS/Liblime have managed to have their application > for a Trademark on Koha in New Zealand accepted. We now have 3 months to > object, but to do so involves lawyers and money. We are a small semi rural > Library in New Zealand and have no cash spare in our operational budget to > afford this, but we do feel it is something we must fight. > > > > For the library that invented Koha to now have to have a legal battle to > prevent a US company trademarking the word in NZ seems bizarre, but it is > at this point that we find ourselves. > > > > So, we ask you, the users and developers of Koha, from the birth place > of Koha, please if you can help in anyway, let us know. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jo. > > > > -- > > Joann Ransom RLIANZA > > Head of Libraries, > > Horowhenua Library Trust. > > > hi Jo, > > sad news indeed, > expect a cheque in the mail from me > > i reckon you should consider posting your email to these other NZ > tech/library mailing-lists, too > > NZOSS > http://lists.nzoss.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/openchat > > NZ-LIBS > http://lists.vuw.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nz-libs > > and haaay look - a mailing-list for -=LAW=- librarians in NZ :) > http://lists.vuw.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/law-lib > > > also, a handy list of library related mailing-lists in NZ > http://wiki.lianza.org.nz/index.php/Resources/NZLibEmailDiscussionLists > > > i realize that it's a bit of extra effort for you to sign-up to the lists, > etc - but considering how much *wasted* effort this fight is going to cost > everyone... > its probably well worth it > > > Mason > -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust.
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