I checked on the Intellectual Property Office's website over the weekend and discovered that the trademark applications previously discussed on this list were still in SteveC's personal name. This concerned me as the final date on which objections could be lodged for one of them was the 21st Jan. We checked with the UK IPO today by phone and confirmed that no transfer forms had been received and I lodged an objection. This gives the foundation a further month to make the transfer.
In order to track these trademark applications, and possibly others in the future, I have created a new wiki page for trademarks. I have also added a short cautionary section to the page explaining why it is a bad idea for an individual to own a trademark for an open source project. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Trademark I have exchanged a number of emails with the foundation over the past month on this matter about some changes that have been made since the board meeting however I fail to see how what has been done protects the project. I would invite SteveC or Andy to explain on this list what exactly has changed since then and why we should not be worried. Regards, Peter Miller _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
