And a big thank you to legal and the LCA team for their skilled handling of these issues, including extensive consultations and developing a community-centric policy. I am proud that we now have such a thoughtful, open-focused, and yes, unconventional trademark policy for our projects.
best, Phoebe On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Yana Welinder <ywelin...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > Hi all, > > We are happy to announce that the Board of Trustees approved the new > Trademark Policy this Saturday.[1] The policy is based on a seven-month > consultation with the community to replace our 2009 policy. The new policy > is unconventional in how it provides expansive use of the Wikimedia marks. > Thanks to the community's collaboration, the policy is more readable, > thorough, and consistent with our values. > > The Board also approved our recommendation to withdraw trademark > registration and protection for the Community logo.[2] We will now initiate > withdrawal of US and worldwide registrations. > > Many thanks to everyone who participated in these two consultations! > > Thanks, > Yana and Geoff > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_policy > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation > > -- > Yana Welinder > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
