[legal] Questions about OpenID Europe Trademark Policy

[Drummond Reed]

+1.

=Drummond 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: legal-bounces at openid.net [mailto:legal-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf
> Of Mike Jones
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:13 PM
> To: Raj Mata; Martin Atkins; legal at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [legal] Questions about OpenID Europe Trademark Policy
> 
> Agreed.  What trademark work I've been involved with in the past has
> taught me that unless there's clear criteria for what is and isn't
> conforming usage for the mark, the mark is meaningless.
> 
> Criteria such as "must be used in contexts that promote OpenID and/or
> indicate that a site is using approved or implementer's draft OpenID
> specifications" make sense to me.  My wording is terrible, but you get the
> point and the wording can be fixed. :-)
> 
>                                 Cheers,
>                                 -- Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: legal-bounces at openid.net [mailto:legal-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf
> Of Raj Mata
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:06 PM
> To: Martin Atkins; legal at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [legal] Questions about OpenID Europe Trademark Policy
> 
> +1!!
> 
> Totally agree, the objective should be to provide users a clear and
> consistent expectation when they see an OpenID trademark on the web, so
> that we can enhance the value and adoption of OpenID in the marketplace!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Raj
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: legal-bounces at openid.net [mailto:legal-bounces at openid.net] On
> Behalf Of Martin Atkins
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 4:33 AM
> To: legal at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [legal] Questions about OpenID Europe Trademark Policy
> 
> Hans Granqvist wrote:
> >> There has been a lot of conversation about the use of the TM symbol,
> all
> >> lawyers explain that it is important to write it... to avoid in the
> future
> >> OpenID become a word like "kleenex", "email"...
> >
> > But... Don't you *want* that to happen?
> >
> > "Nobody should own this. Nobody's planning on making any money from
> this."
> > and all that, you know.
> >
> 
> Presumably the concern is that other non-OpenID but identity-related
> things could become known as "OpenID" as well. Other examples include
> people calling Atom "RSS", and calling Pepsi "Coke".
> 
> The goal is to protect the trademark to avoid confusion in the
> marketplace, not as a source of income.
> 
> (At least, that *should* be the goal! I don't speak for OpenID Europe.)
> 
> 
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