On Thursday 21 October 2004 02:48, Delirium wrote:
I thought the plan was to have the main Wikimedia Foundation hold all trademarks, worldwide, rather than local associations holding them?
If local associations hold trademarks they will be able to declare their independence from the Foundation and continue using the name "Wikipedia" in their jurisdictions.
The choice of who will hold the trademarks will be made by considering how much freedom/independence you want to grant to local associations and what the law states.