[legal] Permission to use a modified OpenID logo

[Mark Cross]

Dear Colin,

> We would want to be sure that any use of an OpenID logo or other identifiers
> was either within existing terms, or under an explicit agreement. Can
> someone please come back to me to clarify whether we can proceed within some
> element of your existing terms of use, or whether this requires further
> discussions (and if so, who should we be talking to?)
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/domestic?domesticnum=2463818
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/domestic?domesticnum=2447866

> non-commercial purposes) was quite open, however this thread-
> http://openid.net/pipermail/legal/2008-March/000129.html in the legal
> archive seems to indicate that the trademark registration in the UK will be
> far more restrictive. It specifically says that colours etc. cannot be
> changed in the logo.
Please do get in touch.

Best regards,

Mark Cross
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colin.evans at nhs.net wrote:
> OpenID Team,
>
> I work within Connecting for Health, which is part of the UK National Health
> Service. I.e. we are a non-profit government organisation.
>
> I am currently working on a project where we are intending to use the OpenID
> protocols to implement a "Restricted Domain" ID service. Restricted means
> that only a specific set of web systems will be able to connect to the ID
> server, and this server will talk to only those clients.
>
> We would like to give due credit to OpenID. However we would also like to
> avoid confusing users by implying that our service is an open "all clients"
> service like myOpenID.com, which it is not. Users would not be able to use
> our IDs to log on to MySpace for example.
>
> We were therefore considering using a modified version of the OpenID logo
> (e.g. with changed colours) to identify our service. Initial reading on the
> main OpenID.net web site indicated that use of names and logos (for
> non-commercial purposes) was quite open, however this thread-
> http://openid.net/pipermail/legal/2008-March/000129.html in the legal
> archive seems to indicate that the trademark registration in the UK will be
> far more restrictive. It specifically says that colours etc. cannot be
> changed in the logo.
>
>
> We would want to be sure that any use of an OpenID logo or other identifiers
> was either within existing terms, or under an explicit agreement. Can
> someone please come back to me to clarify whether we can proceed within some
> element of your existing terms of use, or whether this requires further
> discussions (and if so, who should we be talking to?)
>
>
> Regards: Colin Evans
>          NHS CFH Capability & Capacity
>
> CONNECT DISCOVER SHARE eSpace today at
> http://www.espace.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/ 
>
>
>
>
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