The key thing here, if PTFS actually means what they say, is that they
should assign the trademark APPLICATION over to HLT. Otherwise, the
posture is really just trying to convince you not to contest their
receiving the trademark, after which they can do wtf with it.
This is a big deal to anybody
Jonathan Rochkind
> But I think it's worth drawing the community's attention to this issue.
> Whether it's important that the Trust have the right to legally stop
> someone from calling something "Koha" that isn't Koha (the trademark
> owner is ultimately going to be the one that has the legal
So, HLT says:
". The Library Trust has never stopped any Koha user or developer or
vendor from carrying out their business. Our track record over the last
12 years of releasing the Koha code and supporting the Koha community to
go about its business unimpeded is exemplary and we have no intent
On 29 November 2011 05:05, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> "hold the trademark in trust and not enforce it against any individual,
> organization, or company who chooses to promote services around Koha in New
> Zealand."
>
> Well, the point of having a trademark at all is generally to enforce it
> agai
"hold the trademark in trust and not enforce it against any individual,
organization, or company who chooses to promote services around Koha in
New Zealand."
Well, the point of having a trademark at all is generally to enforce it
against people who are calling something that is _not_ Koha "Koh
On 24 November 2011 10:09, Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
wrote:
> So, a press release from LibLime states the following:
>
> "Another one of the assets acquired in the purchase of LibLime was an
> application for the trademark of the term Koha as it applies to ILS software
> in New Zealand. That app
So, a press release from LibLime states the following:
"Another one of the assets acquired in the purchase of LibLime was an
application for the trademark of the term Koha as it applies to ILS software in
New Zealand. That application has now been accepted. PTFS/LibLime will hold
that trademark
