Ray Saintonge wrote:
phoebe ayers wrote:
wikimania2006.org is not taken last I checked. CHI seems to be doing quite well using that model. I didn't find Wikimania registered as a trademark with the US, European, Australian or Canadian patent offices at least. Don't know about doing a more comprehensive international search...
Yeah... but would people know to look for wikimania2006.org over wikimania.org? I say we secure the trademark, and try to discuss with the domain owners over who has a right to get the website, or how much it would cost.
Does anyone know if they want to sell? What they want to sell for?
Getting a trademark (in the US) is a big pain and time-consuming (& pricy), but could probably be done since the conference likely had prior precendent over any other use. It could probably *not* be done before we actually need the site & name for publicity & such. IANAL, etc.
I did find Anthere's original statement to be cryptic and uninformative. I'm sure some of us would appreciate hearing a little more factual background to this story. The time and expense of getting a trademark will be there with any name.
I suggested Soufron to explain it to you :-)
I will simply indicate that Jimbo, Angela and myself all three agreed it would probably be best to find another name.
Ant