Hello this is Deryck who founded CUWPS just over a year ago. Most Cambridge University societies exist legally as subsidiary groups of Cambridge University Students' Union (or, for the big ones, as an independent legal person), but not CUWPS. My successors did get perplexed when I chose not to officially "register" CUWPS to the Cambridge University Societies Syndicate.
If a legal status must be asserted, CUWPS is officially a subsidiary group of WMUK without its own legal person. The main reason, that I chose to make CUWPS (nominally) a subsidiary of WMUK rather than CUSU, is that I don't need to manage a separate budget and accounts. Easier trademark use is also a minor consideration. Deryck Chan On 6 August 2013 20:10, Harry Burt <harryab...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you. > > Which part of the trademark policy covers this? My own reading was > from == Things You Can Do, a Summary ==, which does not give any > examples related to third parties such as student societies (only > second parties, the chapters themselves). > > Harry > > -- > Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Stevie Benton > <stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > We've looked in to this a bit more deeply, and as long as the student > society is associated (or affiliated) with Wikimedia UK and isn't selling > any products then there's no need to seek permission to use the marks. The > Trademark Policy at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policyis > the key document here and is quite clear on this, thankfully. > > > > We're on good terms with the WMF, so if there are any trademark issues > that the WMF contacts a student group about, try and let us know, and we > can get in touch with the WMF during work hours and smooth over any > difficulties. > > > > I hope this is useful, > > > > Stevie > > > > > > On 6 August 2013 10:58, Charles Matthews < > charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 6 August 2013 10:34, Stevie Benton <stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Thanks Charles. When the CUWS was established was there a need for you > to discuss trademarking with the WMF? If so, how did you approach this? Are > there any apposite lessons you might be able to share? > >>> > >> Anything that was done would have been by Deryck Chan. > >> > >> Charles > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia UK mailing list > >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Stevie Benton > > Communications Organiser > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 > > @StevieBenton > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > > > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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