Hi Sean! On 11 April 2016 at 15:57, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> Given the trademark fee was recently paid to renew the trademarks, I >> guess the merits were accepted > > > For an organization with the possibility of widespread recognition, owning > your trademark is a vital step. It could be compared to owning your > Internet domain name. In both cases it gives the organization a legal tool > to prevent anyone else from creating confusion about your organization and > your offer. The fine print on our PR has always asserted our trademark, and > there were at least three instances where we had to contact possible > infringers. Fortunately, in all three cases an agreement was reached > quickly, no doubt because of the strength of our trademark. > > Sugar Labs possesses something many projects, nonprofits and certainly > many startups dream of: top ranking in search engines. This is brand equity > and the trademark is the shield. > I'm not questioning the merits!! :D I think its awesome that SL owns its trademarks, and if it didn't, I'd be first to suggest putting it on the roadmap - The relatively recent GNOME-vs-GroupOn thing - https://www.gnome.org/groupon - proves why this is important :) -- Cheers Dave
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