<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Richard Weait <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 03:01 -0400, Russ Nelson wrote:<br>
> On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:53 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote:<br>
><br>
> > The logo is also now trademarked. I'll raise this (and have also<br>
> > copied to<br>
> > Matt) as currently we don't have a policy on reuse of the logo.<br>
<br>
</div>You'll need permission from Steve Coast first, as he is still listed as<br>
the Proprietor by the Intellectual Property Office.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=2500155" target="_blank">http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=2500155</a><br>
<br>
A Canadian trade mark lawyer was surprised that the transfer from Steve<br>
Coast to the OpenStreetMap Foundation would take more than "a week or<br>
two". Has this transfer slipped due to oversight, incompetence,<br>
redefined goals or some sinister Satanic Portal[1]<br>
<div class="im"></div></blockquote><div><br>The transfer application form is currently with the UK Intellectual Property Office and should get processed "any day soon".<br><br>It seems however that all that does is update the IPO's registry records. A separate assignment is required to actually transfer the IP from Steve to OSMF. This is in hand, and will probably be dealt with at Thursday's board meeting.<br>
<br>80n<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im"><br>
> We (Open Source Initiative) have struggled with this for years. Not<br>
> straightforward. Python Software Foundation has a good policy for<br>
> reuse of their snake logo.<br>
<br>
</div>The Fedora Project has Trademark Guidelines. The Foundation might use<br>
this as a starting point once the Foundation owns a trade mark.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines#Proper_Trademark_Use" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines#Proper_Trademark_Use</a><br>
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[1] Satanic Portal might also be a trade mark owned by Steve Coast but I<br>
don't see it listed. <a href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/search.htm?words=satanic" target="_blank">http://www.ipo.gov.uk/search.htm?words=satanic</a><br>
+portal<br>
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