[Wikipedia-l] registering Wikipedia as a trademark
Sean David Childers
sdchilders at triad.rr.com
Thu Jan 8 22:15:50 UTC 2004
I think we would be crazy not to register wikipedia. So much effort has
gone into this project and the copyright/patent/trademark laws right now
seem to be strange at best, and almost random. I think by not
registering wikipedia we are taking a risk.
~seanchilders
urt Jansson wrote:
> First I wanted to name this thread "How to spend the money", but I
> guess it's better to open Pandora's box bit by bit.
>
> So what about registering Wikipedia (and also Wikimedia?) as a
> trademark? I think we can afford it now, and I also think it's
> important enough to do it. But in which countries? Maybe in those
> where the languages of the biggest five or ten Wikipedias are spoken?
>
> If there is no reaction I consider this as approval and will organize
> the registration for Germany. It costs 300 Euro and lasts for 10 years.
>
>
> Kurt
>
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