Interesting - I wonder if this is in any way related to the decisions underlying the recent board statement on trademarks? Has the Foundation pursued Wikipedia Review in the same manner?
Nathan On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:51 PM, geni <[email protected]> wrote: > "Can a noncommercial critical website use the trademark of the entity > it critiques in its domain name? Surprisingly, it appears that the > usually open-minded folks at Wikipedia think not." > > http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/wikipedia-threatens- > > While I would regard the title of the article as misleading this is > going to be something of a PR problem. > > Legally I've not looked at it closely and trademark isn't my thing > although there may be potential to annoy everyone by arguing that the > well documented existence of the "wikipedia loves art" err brand means > there are potential passing off issues. > > -- > geni > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Your donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
