[OSM-talk] openmaps.org

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Stefan de Konink wrote:
> Ok, the first time they refused it:
> http://www.ipo.gov.uk/domestic?domesticnum=2500154
> 
> But since you tried again in two categories...
> http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ohim?ohimnum=E7366859

To the best of my knowledge, community trademarks are somewhat 
transactional - if they fail in one country, they fail altogether [*]. 
Thus even if the community application has not technically been refused 
yet, it would be rather unusual for it to go through.

Personally, I think that a failed trademarking attempt is the best that 
could happen to us. This practically guarantees that nobody can take the 
name away from us (because they'd have to get a trademark for this and 
they won't), and at the same time does not give anyone, even if inside 
our community, the power and responsibility to tell the others what they 
may and may not do with the name. Sort of anarchy.

Bye
Frederik

[*] This is different from international trademarks, where you pick the 
countries you want to apply in, and if it fails in half of them you've 
still got the trademark in the other half.

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