On 2013-05-04, Robert <info...@die-optimisten.net> wrote: > OT, but some people might be interested in this legal stuff... > > It seems that a nonprofit organization in Germany trademarked the term > "hackathon": > > https://www.facebook.com/nicole.simon/posts/10151640773611303?_fb_noscript=1 > http://www.young-targets.com/formation-of-tech_hub-started/
Doesn't seem to be a non-profit org to me... http://www.young-targets.com/about/ "YOUNG TARGETS is privately held and positioned as a specialist for innovative recruiting and incentives" "We create designs for successful targeting and implement campaigns for products, brands and websites. We are pursuing the goal of maximum attention to our customer’s product in the target group, whether it is online or offline." "Our disciplines include advertising, event promotion, design and web – in campaigns or as individual measures. " > No idea if this is the same org/person who is actually registered: > https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/3020120063403/DE?lang=en > > kind regards, > Robert > > "YOUNG TARGETS is a spin-off of the nachtausgabe.de GmbH" ... http://www.young-targets.com/free-licences/ "It is the way how things go, that companies decorate themselves with established brands of the community and thereby try to show something like “street cred”. After all this is not to be condemned, indeed they form platforms that may are useful for the general public. However they should give something back to the community, if they already steal their ideas." Funnily enough I don't see their name on http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html
