Daniel Mayer wrote:
Nobody on that list has the right to use the Wikinews or Wikimedia trademarks in a way that would suggest any official status to the passes. Thus those names and logos can not be used on the passes without either Foundation or a local chapter approval and oversight.
What trademark violation is going on here? Trademark law only prohibits commercial use of a trademark for a competing product in the same market. It is hard to see what the competing product is, since these people /are/ the ones creating Wikinews, and it is also hard to see what the commercial use is.
If I were to make up a nametag calling myself "Wikipedia Administrator", using the Wikipedia logo, this would not be a trademark violation, because it is factually correct, noncommercial, and noncompeting.
-Mark