Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- Angela beesley@gmail.com wrote:
I've made my position clear already - I think the process is fine and that you don't need any more input from the Board. If the rest of the Board decline to comment, I'd take that as silent approval. All members of the Board, if they're at all following what's going on here or in the state of the wiki reports which already explained this, are well aware of the accreditation scheme, and none have objected to it.
What is not clear is if those people who are accredited have permission to use the Wikinews name and logo on badges.
No, it's quite clear that they do.
Consider what would be necessary for the opposite to be true: Could the Wikimedia Foundation actually win a trademark-violation lawsuit against Wikinewsies for representing themselves as Wikinewsies using the logo and name of the project they work on? I would submit that it is very unlikely that such a suit would succeed.
This ignores the fact that such a suit would never be filed anyway, making the entire trademark issue moot. Trademark law is only as good as your willingness and ability to file and win lawsuits.
-Mark