Hi,
We are working with the City of Johannesburg to tag heritage sites, in a project called JoburgpediA. The proposed logo has the Wikipedia Globe as one of the elements: is this acceptable? Also, if we will be putting up plaques which include the Wikipedia logo on buildings, what approval do we need?
Thanks,
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David, You should probably contact Jay Walsh or any one from WMF Legal and ask for permission. Abbas.
From: davidrichfield@gmail.com Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:22:31 +0200 To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Using the Wikipedia logo for Wikimedia South Africa projects
Hi,
We are working with the City of Johannesburg to tag heritage sites, in a project called JoburgpediA. The proposed logo has the Wikipedia Globe as one of the elements: is this acceptable? Also, if we will be putting up plaques which include the Wikipedia logo on buildings, what approval do we need?
Thanks,
-- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985
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Thanks, I have forwarded the request to him directly.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
David, You should probably contact Jay Walsh or any one from WMF Legal and ask for permission. Abbas.
From: davidrichfield@gmail.com Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:22:31 +0200 To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Using the Wikipedia logo for Wikimedia South Africa projects
Hi,
We are working with the City of Johannesburg to tag heritage sites, in a project called JoburgpediA. The proposed logo has the Wikipedia Globe as one of the elements: is this acceptable? Also, if we will be putting up plaques which include the Wikipedia logo on buildings, what approval do we need?
Thanks,
-- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
David, You should probably contact Jay Walsh or any one from WMF Legal and ask for permission. Abbas.
(I emailed David off-list)
Those are fail-safe followups, Jay and the legal team can and do review those. Within the past year or so the WMF legal team set up trademarks AT wikimedia DOT org. That's the best starting point of contact. It's not a very well-known address, but it's on the contact page somewhere.
Hope this helps for future requests here.
Thanks! I'll forward the request to the trademarks address.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
David, You should probably contact Jay Walsh or any one from WMF Legal and ask for permission. Abbas.
(I emailed David off-list)
Those are fail-safe followups, Jay and the legal team can and do review those. Within the past year or so the WMF legal team set up trademarks AT wikimedia DOT org. That's the best starting point of contact. It's not a very well-known address, but it's on the contact page somewhere.
Hope this helps for future requests here.
-- ~Keegan
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That's right. We should probably send a reminder/refresher to all chapters and groups about this. The address does appear in the [[wmf:Trademark policy]] page.
And for further clarity -- WMZA need not be a party to the trademark agreement, if it doesn't make sense. The city of Johannesburg, or whatever subsidiary body is actually producing and placing the plaques, is the entity that needs permission, and the one that should seek it. (WMZA can, of course, help and advise!)
Cheers,
A.
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:52 PM, David Richfield davidrichfield@gmail.comwrote:
Thanks! I'll forward the request to the trademarks address.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
David, You should probably contact Jay Walsh or any one from WMF Legal and ask for permission. Abbas.
(I emailed David off-list)
Those are fail-safe followups, Jay and the legal team can and do review those. Within the past year or so the WMF legal team set up trademarks
AT
wikimedia DOT org. That's the best starting point of contact. It's not
a
very well-known address, but it's on the contact page somewhere.
Hope this helps for future requests here.
-- ~Keegan
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