This may be a silly question, but have you considered contacting the Electronic Frontier Foundation to ask for assistance?
https://www.eff.org/pages/legal-assistance 2011/11/21 Joann Ransom <[email protected]>: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > -- Jason Sherman Systems Librarian University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma 405.574.1340 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
