The legal team have provided some background on the
hiring on Jones Day in
this action. Here is their comment:
James Alexander
Legal and Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:56 PM, <tomasz(a)twkozlowski.net> wrote:
Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote on September 26, 2013,
15:22 UTC:
Trademark don't self-enforce, they are "enforceable" as long as someone
believes to you when you use them as threat
tools. So yes, I suppose they
might.
... and given that the WMF just hired the infamous Jones Day bullies as
their representative before the OHIM to fight an opposition filled by their
own volunteers (me and Federico), I don't think it's an unfair view.
I suggest that everyone interested in the subject read <
http://www.dmlp.org/blog/**2009/sam-bayard/thoughts-**
jones-day-blockshopper-**settlement<http://www.dmlp.org/blog/2009/sam-ba…
and related links for an overview of a 2009 Jones Day lawsuit against a
start-up company
Blockshopper.com which Paul Levy called "a new a new entry
in the contest for grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the
plaintiff doesn’t like".
I'm aware that, being a party of the opposition, I shouldn't really
comment on the WMF's litigation tactics, but it still leaves me wonder
about the point of hiring, as some say, "one of the worst trademark abusers
in history", as their representative in this case.
Tomasz
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