<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hi Snorri,<br><br>What precisely are you saying "yes" to? <br><br>On the one hand, naturally it is highly desirable to have OpenID become a widely used and recognizable term. Yes that much is good, for sure.<br><br>OTOH, it is important/imperative that OpenID as a brand/trademark of the OpenID community be legally protected and carefully policed regarding its "correct, proper, appropriate" use, as amazing as that might sound to all of us non-attorneys, because if we (the OpenID Foundation in behalf of the OpenID community) fail to assiduously watch over, control, and maintain it's proper/correct/authorized use, then the term "OpenID" runs the risk of becoming entirely abused, misused, and ultimately having no definitive
meaning attached to it whatsoever.<br><br>So this is a real balancing act, no doubt.<br><br>Also, it important to say that there is a trademark committee just getting going anew that is tackling these and related issues globally with the objective to establish/articulate a set of policies and guidelines that are understandable, well aligned, and coordinated across jurisdictions around the globe. Please let me know if any of you would like to volunteer for that committee.<br><br>cheers,<br>-bill<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Snorri <snorri@snorri.eu><br>To: Hans Granqvist <hans@granqvist.com>; Snorri <snorri@snorri.eu><br>Cc: legal@openid.net<br>Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2008 10:06:52 AM<br>Subject: Re: [legal] Questions about OpenID Europe Trademark Policy<br><br>
Yes
of
course!<br>And
it
is
precisely
why
it
is
necessary
to
propose
same
rules
for
everybody.<br><br>-----Message
d'origine-----<br>De :
<a ymailto="mailto:legal-bounces@openid.net" href="mailto:legal-bounces@openid.net">legal-bounces@openid.net</a>
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De
la
part<br>de
Hans
Granqvist<br>Envoyé :
samedi
8
mars
2008
18:56<br>À :
Snorri<br>Cc :
<a ymailto="mailto:legal@openid.net" href="mailto:legal@openid.net">legal@openid.net</a><br>Objet :
Re:
[legal]
Questions
about
OpenID
Europe
Trademark
Policy<br><br>>
There
has
been
a
lot
of
conversation
about
the
use
of
the
TM
symbol,
all<br>>
lawyers
explain
that
it
is
important
to
write
it…
to
avoid
in
the
future<br>>
OpenID
become
a
word
like
"kleenex",
"email"…<br><br>But...
Don't
you
*want*
that
to
happen?<br><br>"Nobody
should
own
this.
Nobody's
planning
on
making
any
money
from
this."<br>and
all
that,
you
know.<br><br>Hans<br>_______________________________________________<br>legal
mailing
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