Thanks Pete! We're already taking care of this. -- Yana Welinder Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6867
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Peter Kaminski <[email protected]> wrote: > Without getting into the value discussion, I wanted to note there's an > official meta-registry called the Trademark Clearinghouse, in which owners > of registered trademarks can block/reserve (as opposed to register) their > marks in all the new gTLDs, so they don't get squatted. The protection fee > at TMCH costs around $150/year/mark: > > http://trademark-clearinghouse.com/content/trademark-clearinghouse-fees > > I have an IP lawyer friend helping people with this new gTLD stuff if > Wikimedia needs advice or help getting registered with the TMCH. > > Pete > > > On 2/21/14, 13:22 PM, Chad wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Paul Dugas <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I believe there is a period of time before these TLDs go live when >>> trademark holders are supposed to register and that they want to acquire. >>> Wonder if that means they loose the rights when that period ends. >>> Suspect >>> not. >>> >>> >>> Herein lies the probem: supposed to register. See Brion's earlier >> comment about this all being an awful scam. >> >> -Chad >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
