Thank you, Johan.

Tom

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 9:43 AM Johan Jönsson brevlistor@gmail.com wrote:

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Hi Tom,

I've forwarded your question to the Wikimedia Foundation legal team (can't remember if anyone from Legal is on this list), who should be able to advise on how to proceed.

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Den mån 13 apr. 2020 kl 18:11 skrev Thomas Stieve < tomthirteen@email.arizona.edu>:

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Hello all,

I am writing an academic article. For this research, I am creating an index, which I would like to call the "Wikipedia Global Consciousness Index." Do I have to worry about the trademark?

Tom

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Thank you, Federico. I understand. I emailed the trademark division at Wikipedia for advice.

Tom

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 10:57 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:

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Thomas Stieve, 13/04/20 19:11:

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I am writing an academic article. For this research, I am creating an index, which I would like to call the "Wikipedia Global Consciousness Index."

The relevant section is "nominative use". https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_policy#policy-nominativeuse

My personal impression is that your proposed name is potentially misleading, while it would be merely descriptive to call it "Global Consciousness Index for Wikipedia" or something like that. A separate matter would be the usage of the trademark beyond the name, e.g. on the frontpage of the website or cover of a document.

Federico