[WikiEN-l] enforcing our trademark

[Nick Boalch]

Ryan Delaney wrote:
>> I'll bite.  What's wrong with wikicommons.org?  Are you trying to say
>> the WMF has a trademark on anything that starts with wiki?
> 
> I can't speak for the original poster, but he probably doesn't realize that
> registering domain names is not copyright infringement. He's right about the
> first one though. WikipediaClassAction.org uses the Wikipedia logo, and I
> presume without permission. Has anyone in an official capacity contacted
> them about this?

They claim [[fair use]], presumbably as a parody. Good luck financing
*that* lawsuit. :/

Best wishes,

Nick

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