I pointed out years ago the illogic of hashing a global semiotic system (trademarks) into a limited alphanumerical name space (DNS) but no ... welcome to the world of typosquatting etc ... Putting on my legal hat ... A case can be made that Silicon Beach is a collective trademark ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*Collective*_trade_*mark*) of technopreneurs of Australian origin/orientation (unincorporated society??) with a possible geographical indicator Silicon Beach Australia being the specific meetup events in Manly/Sydney. Under international trademark law, it really needs to be formally registered in each country you wish to espouse the ethos and exclude free-riders otherwise it can be diluted and fall into common usage.
The reason why I would recommend such a move is pragmatic ... the crowd-investing guidelines SEC are about to release (http://www.forbes.com/sites/chancebarnett/2013/05/23/how-smart-angels-will-leverage-crowdfunding/). If Silicon Beach Australia community (the unincorporated society legally speaking) wants to promote a high standard of startups and get credibility of overseas investors (given that the AU govt are navel-gazing and pension-funds are clueless) then attaching the stamp of approval (whatever that means) would be a signal that the startup is worthy of a second look (if not necessarily funding ... investors follow fads as well). PS ... it is not *steal* the brand ... call it dilution. LA can call theirs silicon stage/sandlot if they wish (vague ref to movie industry). Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:13:09 AM UTC+12, Elias Bizannes wrote: > > Hmmm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Beach > > Given we have the Twitter, siliconbeach.org, and have been around for > five years with press to validate -- should we clarify this before the > South Californian's continue to steal the brand? > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
