The legal team have provided some background on the hiring on Jones Day in this action. Here is their comment: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation#Legal_representation
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote on September 26, 2013, 15:22 UTC: > > > Trademark don't self-enforce, they are "enforceable" as long as someone >> believes to you when you use them as threat tools. So yes, I suppose they >> might. >> > > ... and given that the WMF just hired the infamous Jones Day bullies as > their representative before the OHIM to fight an opposition filled by their > own volunteers (me and Federico), I don't think it's an unfair view. > > I suggest that everyone interested in the subject read < > http://www.dmlp.org/blog/**2009/sam-bayard/thoughts-** > jones-day-blockshopper-**settlement<http://www.dmlp.org/blog/2009/sam-bayard/thoughts-jones-day-blockshopper-settlement>> > and related links for an overview of a 2009 Jones Day lawsuit against a > start-up company Blockshopper.com which Paul Levy called "a new a new entry > in the contest for grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the > plaintiff doesn’t like". > > I'm aware that, being a party of the opposition, I shouldn't really > comment on the WMF's litigation tactics, but it still leaves me wonder > about the point of hiring, as some say, "one of the worst trademark abusers > in history", as their representative in this case. > > Tomasz > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@**lists.wikimedia.org<[email protected]> > ?subject=**unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
