[Foundation-l] Re: Progress on wikimedia.com?

Sun Feb 13 10:53:46 UTC 2005

Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales a écrit:
> Anthere wrote:
> 
>>>That sounds not very plausible because to my knowledge the US trademark
>>>is a pre-condition to apply for registration in the EU according to the
>>>Madrid Agreement.
>>
>>Well, still... according to Jimbo... this is a fact.
> 
> 
> The pre-condition is actually an *application* in the US.  I had the same
> misconception as akl for a long time.  There's a Madrid Protocol and a
> Madrid Agreement, and they are different.
> 
> 
>>I am interested by this agreement ... you mean something can't get 
>>protected unless it is first protected in the USA ???
> 
> 
> There's a concept of a "home" country and "other countries".  If you
> are registering first in France, then you can use that to get
> protection in the US.  That is, it is because we are based in the US
> that the US had to be done first.  (Or maybe not, it's all very
> confusing, all I really know is how I did it.)  If you were
> registering in France, that would have to go first.  (Or maybe EU-wide
> first, I really have no clue.)

Oh, right. That really makes sense then...
In this case, akl is really correct... it is curious we got the 
protection in Europe and Japan before getting it in the home country :-)

Anthere

>>Nod. Jimbo promised to do it within the next few days. If not, we need 
>>to torture him to do so.
> 
> 
> :-)
> 
> The stuff is on my desk to give all details.
> 
> --Jimbo