<blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><span>Gyanamandala is an IPR of Binod
Kanungo & Gyanamandala foundation. </span><br></blockquote><div><br>Is this is possible? Can some one take patent/trademark for some words of a language? <br></div><br><br>Here is my take on this name issue : <br><br>
The name of our encyclopedia is <b>Wikipedia</b>. It is wikipedia in all languages. In odia it is ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ. Hope there is no issue regarding that in Odia wiki community.<br><br>Now the Odia community is having differences regarding the translation of the word <b>Encyclopedia</b> that is used in the phrase "The Free Encyclopedia". Let us see how this word is translated in other Indian languages:<br>
<ul><li>Hindi - ज्ञानकोष - <b>Gnanakosh</b></li><li>Marathi - ज्ञानकोश - <b>Gnanakos</b></li><li>Gujarati - વિશ્વજ્ઞાનકોષ - <b>Vijanakosh </b></li><li>Bengali - বিশ্বকোষ - (Jayantha/Tanvir please transliterate, I guess it is <b>Vijnjanakosh)</b></li>
<li>Kannada - ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ - <b>Vishwakosa</b></li><li>Telugu - విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వము - <b>Vijnjaana sarvasvamu </b></li><li>Tamil - கலைக்களஞ்சியம் - <b>KalaikkaLanchiyam</b></li><li>Malayalam - സർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം - <b>Sarvavijanakosam</b> </li>
</ul>(as usual Tamil is different :) )<br><br>In general, across all Indian languages the words <b>Viswakosh</b>/<b>Gnjakosh</b>/<b>Vijanakosh</b> are used to represnt the word Encyclopedia. But there will be one word which might be used more frequently than other words. For example, in Malayalam the word Gnanakosam and Viswakosam are hardly used to denote encyclopedia. We use Vijanakosam. Like this each language has some preference over the words. After all this diversity is the beauty of Indian languages. <br>
<br>So my suggestion is, use the same word that is used more frequency by Odia speaking people.<br><br><br>But my appeal<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:psubhashish@gmail.com" target="_blank">psubhashish@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Here is a reply from one user regarding this.<br><br>Sambidhan:<span>As I said earlier Gyanamandala is an IPR of Binod
Kanungo & Gyanamandala foundation. IPR includes trademark,
copyright & design patent. Gyanamandala is a registered trademark of
the foundation, even the government of orissa refrains from us<span>ing
"gyanamandal" to describe an encyclopedia. Secondly what is also
important is on which context are you using the word if you are using
the word for a similar product then there are chances that 2nd party can
be sued. Thirdly as far as I know it is always best to stay away from
controversy. Things like this will drag the whole wikipedia foundation
into a controversy which is best avoided and which the foundation tries
to avoid as well. Especially when there are better alternate available.
Fourthly the generic word for describing an encyclopedia in odia is
gyanakosha or biswakosha. Finally majority of the people as you can see
have accepted gyanakosha as the word for describing encyclopedia and
wikipedia is a democratic organisation which goes by what the majority
of the mass wants.<br><br>And I asked how could I refer our discussion in WP.<br></span></span><div><div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 June 2011 21:59, Gautam John <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gautam@prathambooks.org" target="_blank">gautam@prathambooks.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Meaning?<br>
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Thank you.<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div>On 22 June 2011 21:58, Subhashish Panigrahi <<a href="mailto:psubhashish@gmail.com" target="_blank">psubhashish@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> And how could I redirect this to the consensus page saying that this word<br>
> "Gyanamandala" could be used to describe the phrase?<br>
><br>
> On 22 June 2011 21:56, Gautam John <<a href="mailto:gautam@prathambooks.org" target="_blank">gautam@prathambooks.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> You should be just fine, IMHO.<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you.<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>><br>
>> Gautam<br>
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>> On 22 June 2011 21:54, Subhashish Panigrahi <<a href="mailto:psubhashish@gmail.com" target="_blank">psubhashish@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Yes Gautam, "Gyanamandala" is a GENERIC NAME, and there is a book in<br>
>> > the<br>
>> > same name and the word "Gyanamandala" means "Gyana" (Knowledge)+<br>
>> > "Mandala"<br>
>> > (Combination/Base), used in places like "Nakhyatra Mandala" / "Tara<br>
>> > Mandala"<br>
>> > (set of stars in the sky).<br>
>> > So, please let me know if the use of this word to describe this phrase<br>
>> > "An<br>
>> > open Encyclopedia" is fine?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On 22 June 2011 21:49, Gautam John <<a href="mailto:gautam@prathambooks.org" target="_blank">gautam@prathambooks.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> If I understand correctly, there is a book called "Gyanamandala" and<br>
>> >> you want to use this same name for Wikipedia in Oriya? Is this word<br>
>> >> defined in the dictionary? That asked, I highly doubt copyright<br>
>> >> protection exists for a word - trademark perhaps but not copyright.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Thank you.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Best,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Gautam<br>
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