IANAL, but I would guess that would be something similar to the Berne Convention. But then again IANAL.
________________________________ From: Michael Bimmler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:54:53 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Trademarks (Was: A local chapter without Wikimedians) On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> That's a very useful tool (if rather cryptic in its output), thank >> you! If I'm reading it right, it looks like "Wikipedia" is registered >> far more widely. > > Actually, on a second glance, it seems to be registered in > Switzerland, despite Michael's claims otherwise. Michael, what was > your source for that? (Or did you mean "Wikimedia" when you said > "Wikipedia"?) Very interesting, to say the least. CH is in the list column of (834) entries, and clicking on the 834 gave me "(834): Designations under the Madrid Protocol by virtue of Article 9sexies" Now I looked up article 9sexies, which reads as follows: "Article 9sexies Safeguard of the Madrid (Stockholm) Agreement (1) Where, with regard to a given international application or a given international registration, the Office of origin is the Office of a State that is party to both this Protocol and the Madrid (Stockholm) Agreement, the provisions of this Protocol shall have no effect in the territory of any other State that is also party to both this Protocol and the Madrid (Stockholm) Agreement. (2) The Assembly may, by a three–fourths majority, repeal paragraph (1), or restrict the scope of paragraph (1), after the expiry of a period of ten years from the entry into force of this Protocol, but not before the expiry of a period of five years from the date on which the majority of the countries party to the Madrid (Stockholm) Agreement have become party to this Protocol. In the vote of the Assembly only those States which are party to both the said Agreement and this Protocol shall have the right to participate." if anyone can tell me, how this relates to whether the mark is now registered in Switzerland or not, I'd be grateful. My source was www.swissreg.ch, which is the official query tool of the Swiss government (and also has an English interface, so you should be able to use it as well) I notice now, and I'm sorry for only noticing now, that they do not include international registrations in this database, I just assumed they would. Bah. Well, I'm glad that at least Wikipedia and Wikimedia seem to be somehow registered in Switzerland, but if anyone of the trademark-savvies here (or someone with more time to research than I have right now) can enlighten me on this "(834): Designations under the Madrid Protocol by virtue of Article 9sexies"-thing, I'd be grateful. Michael -- Michael Bimmler [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l