[Foundation-l] Trademarks

Tue Nov 25 19:17:21 UTC 2008

2008/11/25 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> I can't imagine you have that feeling about [[trademark dilution]] law,
> though.  I don't think people are going to cry "fraud" when they find out
> their coffee mug isn't really the coffee mug that anyone can edit.

What I said is that its fundamental _intentions_ are benign and
reasonable, not that even the implementation in current legal code is,
let alone some interpretations thereof. I do believe the free culture
movement needs to develop a code of best practices for trademark use
and enforcement, but we shouldn't start with a reflexive assumption
that it's evil.
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Erik Möller
Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation

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