On 7/9/06, Daniel Kinzler <daniel(a)brightbyte.de> wrote:
Generally we
don't concern ourselves with trademark issues, though.
Yes, we do. There's a strong bias against having trademarked logos on
commons. This resulted from a lengthy discussion on this thread some
months ago, and word from Jimbo.
My recollection of that (maybe inaccurately) was that that came down
to copyright issues, not trademark? A photograph or redrawing of a
logo still infringes its copyright, after all. I don't remember any
of the disputed logos being out of copyright.
I believe I am correct that Commons does not generally concern itself
that the appearance of a trademarked element in a photographed scene
may make a photograph unusable in some (but not all) commercial
contexts, however.
-matt