Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets): - www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006) - wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards,
Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! +Buscados http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com
Dear Joaquim,
I'm referring your query to the person in charge of our trademark portfolio, Alisa Key, who is cc'd on this message. Alisa, can you advise Joaquim and Wikimedia Brasil as to how you would want to go forward from here?
--Mike
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with ourteam of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI -Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I foundthat two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
- www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442)
(10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
(900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - ComitêGestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI didnot decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering atrademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above- mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null andvoid by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us.We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 18 de Dezembro de 2008 0:44:49 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
I'm referring your query to the person in charge of our trademark portfolio, Alisa Key, who is cc'd on this message. Alisa, can you advise Joaquim and Wikimedia Brasil as to how you would want to go forward from here?
--Mike
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks). Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006)
wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! +Buscados http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com
Joaquim,
Excelente iniciativa! A mensagem não poderia ser mais clara e objetiva.
Abraços, Thomas
On 18/12/2008, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br wrote:
De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 18 de Dezembro de 2008 0:44:49 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
I'm referring your query to the person in charge of our trademark portfolio, Alisa Key, who is cc'd on this message. Alisa, can you advise Joaquim and Wikimedia Brasil as to how you would want to go forward from here?
--Mike
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our teamof local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI -Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found thattwo Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
- www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442)
(10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
(900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor daInternet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did notdecided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademarkmay be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and voidby proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We areat your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! +Buscados
Apenas para acompanhamento e memória, deixo registrado os termos pesquisados ontem no site do INPI que resultaram no e-mail abaixo: - Wikipédia - Wikipedia - Wikiquote - Wikinotícias - Wikinews - Wikiversidade - Wikiversity - Wikcionário - Wiktionary - Wikisource - Wikilivros - Wikibooks - Wikispecies - Wikimedia - Meta-Wiki - MediaWiki - Commons
De todos esses termos, apenas Wikipédia e Wikipedia geraram os mesmos dois resultados relevantes (a acentuação da palavra mostrou-se indiferente): Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME e Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
Pesquisa com o termo Commons gerou dois resultados irrelevantes para o momento: um pedido de registro de marca nominativa da Kellogg (1991) e outro da Creative Commons (2004).
Os demais termos não retornaram nenhum resultado.
Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
________________________________ De: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Para: Michael Wayne Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 18 de Dezembro de 2008 0:40:31 Assunto: [Wikimedia Brasil] WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets): - www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006) - wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards,
Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
________________________________ Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! +Buscados http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com
Ni!
muito bom trabalho :)
~~
On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 19:35 -0800, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Apenas para acompanhamento e memória, deixo registrado os termospesquisados ontem no site do INPI que resultaram no e-mail abaixo:
Wikipédia
Wikipedia
Wikiquote
Wikinotícias
Wikinews
Wikiversidade
Wikiversity
Wikcionário
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikilivros
Wikibooks
Wikispecies
Wikimedia
Meta-Wiki
MediaWiki
Commons
De todos esses termos, apenas Wikipédia e Wikipedia geraram os
mesmos dois resultados relevantes (a acentuação da palavra mostrou-se indiferente): Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME e Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
Pesquisa com o termo Commons gerou dois resultados irrelevantespara o momento: um pedido de registro de marca nominativa da Kellogg (1991) e outro da Creative Commons (2004).
Os demais termos não retornaram nenhum resultado. Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
De: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Para: Michael Wayne Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 18 de Dezembro de 2008 0:40:31 Assunto: [Wikimedia Brasil] WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with ourteam of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI -Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I foundthat two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
- www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442)
(10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
(900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestorda Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI didnot decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering atrademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null andvoid by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. Weare at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
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Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with ourteam of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI -Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I foundthat two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
- www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442)
(10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
(900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - ComitêGestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI didnot decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering atrademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above- mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null andvoid by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us.We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com; Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks). Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006)
wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
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Ação rápida: sugiro explicarmos que o registro de domínio é concedido apenas a entidades estabelecidas no Brasil (embora o registro provisório possa ser dado a uma empresa estrangeira que ainda não se instalou aqui, mas que pretende se instalar) e então aconselharmos o Mike a focar na questão das marcas registradas e deixar em segundo plano o registro do domínio.
Sugiro isso, por quatro motivos.
O domínio aparentemente está reservado e parado, enquanto os processos de registro de marca teoricamente estão em andamento no INPI. Embora esses processos estejam se arrastando há mais de um ano, uma decisão a respeito deles pode sair a qualquer momento, e, por isso, acredito que sejam prioritários.
As empresas que pleiteiam o registro de marca no INPI provavelmente tem a intenção de utilizar a marca eventualmente registrada como fundamento para um pedido de registro do domínio. Se a empresa for dona da marca wikipédia, é razoável que ela tenha o respectivo domínio. Assim, acho fundamental obstar definitivamente esses pedidos de registro no INPI e evitar maiores problemas no Registro.br.
Se a Wikimedia Foundation consolidar posição sobre suas legítimas marcas no INPI, impedindo que qualquer outra entidade as use indevidamente, ela terá mais fundamento para desobstruir e utilizar o domínio que atualmente está reservado pelo CGI.br.
Por fim, a Wikimedia Brasil não está muito perto de se tornar uma entidade formalmente constituída. E, sem constituição jurídica, o capítulo local não pode assumir o registro do domínio, como sugeriu o Mike.
De qualquer forma, o Mike acaba alimentando a discussão sobre a constituição e o registro formal da Wikimedia Brasil, pois essa entidade legalmente estabelecida seria uma solução para o futuro registro do domínio.
Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim,
Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br? If the registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to support your chapter in doing so.
--m
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com; Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 Assunto: Re: [Wikimedia Brasil] WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with ourteam of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI -Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I foundthat two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
- www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442)
(10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
(900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - ComitêGestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI didnot decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering atrademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above- mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null andvoid by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us.We are at your disposal to help.
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Dear Mike,
1. According to the Brazilian rules and regulations for Internet, only entities based on Brazil are allowed to register domains with the Brazilian ccTLD (.br). Foreign entities must have a local branch in Brazil to make such registration.
2. A temporary registration is granted to foreign companies that intend to open a branch in Brazilian territory within the period of 12 months beginning with the time when the application is filed at the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil). In this case, the foreign company must basically: a) have an attorney-in-fact in Brazil (with a written power of attorney officially translated to Portuguese), which is responsible for the domain registration; b) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company informs its own corporate name, full address, telephone number, corporate purpose, operating activities, and the name and post title of the agent which is able to act for the company; c) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company commits itself to settle a branch in Brazil within 12 months; and d) fulfill some other minor conditions and formalities.
3. Wikimedia Brasil is not formally and legally established as a Wikimedia Chapter. Wikimedia Brasil has the approval of the Board of Trustees (resolution dated October 2008), but is not legally structured and registered with our local authorities yet. We believe that we still do not have critical mass to start and maintain a full and registered entity in Brazil. We are currently working on all Wikimedia projects and operating in accordance with all Wikimedia principles and rules (in the same way as a local chapter), but we believe it would be unwise to register Wikimedia Brasil as a legal person at this moment.
4. In a pragmatic approach, we believe that the Wikimedia Foundation should concentrate efforts on the primary problem, which is the trademark unauthorized registration attempts. The domain registration is a secondary problem whose solution may depend on the solution given to the trademark problem. This suggestion is based on 4 main reasons.
4.1. Apparently, the domain (wikipedia.com.br) is reserved by the CGI.br, while the trademark registration processes are in course of analysis. Therefore, these trademark applications are subject to approval at any moment.
4.2. The companies that filed the trademark applications at the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) probably intend to use the registration assent as evidence and justification to disengage the domain that is currently reserved by the CGI.br.
4.3. The Wikimedia Foundation (or the local chapter with the respective trademark license agreement) will be able to easily disengage the domain by presenting to the CGI.br the trademark officially registered by the Wikimedia Foundation itself at the INPI.
4.4. If the Wikimedia Foundation clearly consolidates position on its own trademarks in Brazil (by officially registering them at the INPI, in addition to all other international registrations), the CGI.br will prevent anyone other than Wikimedia from registering any domain that contains trademark owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
5. In any way, the Wikimedia Foundation may consider the possibility of registering the domain in a temporary condition (item 2 above), while dealing with the trademark issues and waiting for the registration of the Brazilian Chapter as legal person. After the registration of the Wikimedia Brasil with our local authorities, the Brazilian Chapter may succeed the Wikimedia Foundation as legal holder of the domains in Brazil. This succession must occur within the 12-month period granted to temporary registration.
6. We apologize for presenting more problems than solutions, but we believe that you should have a clear idea of the whole situation. As said before, we are at Alisa disposal to assist her with any issue related to the Wikimedia projects in Brazil. And I am beginning to translate to English some regulations for registration of domain names in Brazil, in case you, Alisa and Doug need them to decide how to proceed.
Best regards,
Joaquim
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim,
Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br? If the registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to support your chapter in doing so.
--m
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com; Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks). Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006)
wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
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Dear Joaquim:
Thank you for this information. We are proceeding to address the prior trademark applications you identified. The information you provided below with respect to Wikipedia Brasil also is very helpful. If we require additional information from you with respect to Wikipedia Brasil or those prior applications, we will let you know.
We do appreciate your assistance and bringing these applications to our attention.
Kind regards and best wishes for a happy new year,
Alisa
Alisa C. Key Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 8000 Towers Crescent Drive/14th Floor Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182-2700 (703) 720-7854 Fax: (703) 720-7801 akey@ssd.com www.ssd.com
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From: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto [mailto:joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:01 AM To: Michael Wayne Godwin Cc: Wikimedia Brasil; Key, Alisa C.; Douglas Isenberg Subject: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Mike,
1. According to the Brazilian rules and regulations for Internet, only entities based on Brazil are allowed to register domains with the Brazilian ccTLD (.br). Foreign entities must have a local branch in Brazil to make such registration.
2. A temporary registration is granted to foreign companies that intend to open a branch in Brazilian territory within the period of 12 months beginning with the time when the application is filed at the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil). In this case, the foreign company must basically:
a) have an attorney-in-fact in Brazil (with a written power of attorney officially translated to Portuguese), which is responsible for the domain registration;
b) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company informs its own corporate name, full address, telephone number, corporate purpose, operating activities, and the name and post title of the agent which is able to act for the company;
c) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company commits itself to settle a branch in Brazil within 12 months; and
d) fulfill some other minor conditions and formalities.
3. Wikimedia Brasil is not formally and legally established as a Wikimedia Chapter. Wikimedia Brasil has the approval of the Board of Trustees (resolution dated October 2008), but is not legally structured and registered with our local authorities yet. We believe that we still do not have critical mass to start and maintain a full and registered entity in Brazil. We are currently working on all Wikimedia projects and operating in accordance with all Wikimedia principles and rules (in the same way as a local chapter), but we believe it would be unwise to register Wikimedia Brasil as a legal person at this moment.
4. In a pragmatic approach, we believe that the Wikimedia Foundation should concentrate efforts on the primary problem, which is the trademark unauthorized registration attempts. The domain registration is a secondary problem whose solution may depend on the solution given to the trademark problem. This suggestion is based on 4 main reasons.
4.1. Apparently, the domain (wikipedia.com.br) is reserved by the CGI.br, while the trademark registration processes are in course of analysis. Therefore, these trademark applications are subject to approval at any moment.
4.2. The companies that filed the trademark applications at the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) probably intend to use the registration assent as evidence and justification to disengage the domain that is currently reserved by the CGI.br.
4.3. The Wikimedia Foundation (or the local chapter with the respective trademark license agreement) will be able to easily disengage the domain by presenting to the CGI.br the trademark officially registered by the Wikimedia Foundation itself at the INPI.
4.4. If the Wikimedia Foundation clearly consolidates position on its own trademarks in Brazil (by officially registering them at the INPI, in addition to all other international registrations), the CGI.br will prevent anyone other than Wikimedia from registering any domain that contains trademark owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
5. In any way, the Wikimedia Foundation may consider the possibility of registering the domain in a temporary condition (item 2 above), while dealing with the trademark issues and waiting for the registration of the Brazilian Chapter as legal person. After the registration of the Wikimedia Brasil with our local authorities, the Brazilian Chapter may succeed the Wikimedia Foundation as legal holder of the domains in Brazil. This succession must occur within the 12-month period granted to temporary registration.
6. We apologize for presenting more problems than solutions, but we believe that you should have a clear idea of the whole situation. As said before, we are at Alisa disposal to assist her with any issue related to the Wikimedia projects in Brazil. And I am beginning to translate to English some regulations for registration of domain names in Brazil, in case you, Alisa and Doug need them to decide how to proceed.
Best regards,
Joaquim
_____
De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim,
Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br? If the registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to support your chapter in doing so.
--m
_____
De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com; Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006)
wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
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________________________________ De: "Key, Alisa C." AKey@ssd.com Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br; Michael Wayne Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Douglas Isenberg disenberg@gigalawfirm.com; "Key, Alisa C." AKey@ssd.com Enviadas: Terça-feira, 30 de Dezembro de 2008 12:29:15 Assunto: RE: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim:
Thank you for this information. We are proceeding to address the prior trademark applications you identified. The information you provided below with respect to Wikipedia Brasil also is very helpful. If we require additional information from you with respect to Wikipedia Brasil or those prior applications, we will let you know.
We do appreciate your assistance and bringing these applications to our attention.
Kind regards and best wishes for a happy new year,
Alisa
Alisa C. Key Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 8000 Towers Crescent Drive/14th Floor Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182-2700 (703) 720-7854 Fax: (703) 720-7801 akey@ssd.com www.ssd.com
________________________________ From: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto [mailto:joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:01 AM To: Michael Wayne Godwin Cc: Wikimedia Brasil; Key, Alisa C.; Douglas Isenberg Subject: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Mike,
1. According to the Brazilian rules and regulations for Internet, only entities based on Brazil are allowed to register domains with the Brazilian ccTLD (.br). Foreign entities must have a local branch in Brazil to make such registration.
2. A temporary registration is granted to foreign companies that intend to open a branch in Brazilian territory within the period of 12 months beginning with the time when the application is filed at the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil). In this case, the foreign company must basically: a) have an attorney-in-fact in Brazil (with a written power of attorney officially translated to Portuguese), which is responsible for the domain registration; b) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company informs its own corporate name, full address, telephone number, corporate purpose, operating activities, and the name and post title of the agent which is able to act for the company; c) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company commits itself to settle a branch in Brazil within 12 months; and d) fulfill some other minor conditions and formalities.
3. Wikimedia Brasil is not formally and legally established as a Wikimedia Chapter. Wikimedia Brasil has the approval of the Board of Trustees (resolution dated October 2008), but is not legally structured and registered with our local authorities yet. We believe that we still do not have critical mass to start and maintain a full and registered entity in Brazil. We are currently working on all Wikimedia projects and operating in accordance with all Wikimedia principles and rules (in the same way as a local chapter), but we believe it would be unwise to register Wikimedia Brasil as a legal person at this moment.
4. In a pragmatic approach, we believe that the Wikimedia Foundation should concentrate efforts on the primary problem, which is the trademark unauthorized registration attempts. The domain registration is a secondary problem whose solution may depend on the solution given to the trademark problem. This suggestion is based on 4 main reasons.
4.1. Apparently, the domain (wikipedia.com.br) is reserved by the CGI.br, while the trademark registration processes are in course of analysis. Therefore, these trademark applications are subject to approval at any moment.
4.2. The companies that filed the trademark applications at the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) probably intend to use the registration assent as evidence and justification to disengage the domain that is currently reserved by the CGI.br.
4.3. The Wikimedia Foundation (or the local chapter with the respective trademark license agreement) will be able to easily disengage the domain by presenting to the CGI.br the trademark officially registered by the Wikimedia Foundation itself at the INPI.
4.4. If the Wikimedia Foundation clearly consolidates position on its own trademarks in Brazil (by officially registering them at the INPI, in addition to all other international registrations), the CGI.br will prevent anyone other than Wikimedia from registering any domain that contains trademark owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
5. In any way, the Wikimedia Foundation may consider the possibility of registering the domain in a temporary condition (item 2 above), while dealing with the trademark issues and waiting for the registration of the Brazilian Chapter as legal person. After the registration of the Wikimedia Brasil with our local authorities, the Brazilian Chapter may succeed the Wikimedia Foundation as legal holder of the domains in Brazil. This succession must occur within the 12-month period granted to temporary registration.
6. We apologize for presenting more problems than solutions, but we believe that you should have a clear idea of the whole situation. As said before, we are at Alisa disposal to assist her with any issue related to the Wikimedia projects in Brazil. And I am beginning to translate to English some regulations for registration of domain names in Brazil, in case you, Alisa and Doug need them to decide how to proceed.
Best regards,
Joaquim
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim,
Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br? If the registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to support your chapter in doing so.
--m
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com; Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work
with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute
(INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief
research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo
Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests
in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states
that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the
concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further
clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards,
Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
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Buscados: Top 10 - Celebridades - Música - Esportes
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É possível disponibilizar a todos o conteúdo do e-mail anexado referido pela Alisa? Não consegui visualizá-lo porque, ao clicar no link, recebo um aviso que o mesmo já foi manipulado pelo administrador da lista etc. Obrigado, Nevinho
2008/12/30 Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br
*De:* "Key, Alisa C." AKey@ssd.com *Para:* Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br; Michael Wayne Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org *Cc:* Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Douglas Isenberg disenberg@gigalawfirm.com; "Key, Alisa C." AKey@ssd.com *Enviadas:* Terça-feira, 30 de Dezembro de 2008 12:29:15 *Assunto:* RE: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim:
Thank you for this information. We are proceeding to address the prior trademark applications you identified. The information you provided below with respect to Wikipedia Brasil also is very helpful. If we require additional information from you with respect to Wikipedia Brasil or those prior applications, we will let you know.
We do appreciate your assistance and bringing these applications to our attention.
Kind regards and best wishes for a happy new year,
Alisa
Alisa C. Key Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 8000 Towers Crescent Drive/14th Floor Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182-2700 (703) 720-7854 Fax: (703) 720-7801 akey@ssd.com www.ssd.com
*From:* Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto [mailto:joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br]
*Sent:* Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:01 AM *To:* Michael Wayne Godwin *Cc:* Wikimedia Brasil; Key, Alisa C.; Douglas Isenberg *Subject:* Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Mike,
*1*. According to the Brazilian rules and regulations for Internet, only entities based on Brazil are allowed to register domains with the Brazilian ccTLD (.br). Foreign entities must have a local branch in Brazil to make such registration.
*2*. A temporary registration is granted to foreign companies that intend to open a branch in Brazilian territory within the period of 12 months beginning with the time when the application is filed at the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil). In this case, the foreign company must basically:
*a*) have an attorney-in-fact in Brazil (with a written power of attorney officially translated to Portuguese), which is responsible for the domain registration;
*b*) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company informs its own corporate name, full address, telephone number, corporate purpose, operating activities, and the name and post title of the agent which is able to act for the company;
*c*) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company commits itself to settle a branch in Brazil within 12 months; and
*d*) fulfill some other minor conditions and formalities.
*3*. Wikimedia Brasil is not formally and legally established as a Wikimedia Chapter. Wikimedia Brasil has the approval of the Board of Trustees (resolution dated October 2008), but is not legally structured and registered with our local authorities yet. We believe that we still do not have critical mass to start and maintain a full and registered entity in Brazil. We are currently working on all Wikimedia projects and operating in accordance with all Wikimedia principles and rules (in the same way as a local chapter), but we believe it would be unwise to register Wikimedia Brasil as a legal person at this moment.
*4*. In a pragmatic approach, we believe that the Wikimedia Foundation should concentrate efforts on the primary problem, which is the trademark unauthorized registration attempts. The domain registration is a secondary problem whose solution may depend on the solution given to the trademark problem. This suggestion is based on 4 main reasons.
*4*.*1*. Apparently, the domain (wikipedia.com.br) is reserved by the CGI.br, while the trademark registration processes are in course of analysis. Therefore, these trademark applications are subject to approval at any moment.
*4*.*2*. The companies that filed the trademark applications at the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) probably intend to use the registration assent as evidence and justification to disengage the domain that is currently reserved by the CGI.br.
*4*.*3*. The Wikimedia Foundation (or the local chapter with the respective trademark license agreement) will be able to easily disengage the domain by presenting to the CGI.br the trademark officially registered by the Wikimedia Foundation itself at the INPI.
*4*.*4*. If the Wikimedia Foundation clearly consolidates position on its own trademarks in Brazil (by officially registering them at the INPI, in addition to all other international registrations), the CGI.br will prevent anyone other than Wikimedia from registering any domain that contains trademark owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
*5*. In any way, the Wikimedia Foundation may consider the possibility of registering the domain in a temporary condition (item 2 above), while dealing with the trademark issues and waiting for the registration of the Brazilian Chapter as legal person. After the registration of the Wikimedia Brasil with our local authorities, the Brazilian Chapter may succeed the Wikimedia Foundation as legal holder of the domains in Brazil. This succession must occur within the 12-month period granted to temporary registration.
*6*. We apologize for presenting more problems than solutions, but we believe that you should have a clear idea of the whole situation. As said before, we are at Alisa disposal to assist her with any issue related to the Wikimedia projects in Brazil. And I am beginning to translate to English some regulations for registration of domain names in Brazil, in case you, Alisa and Doug need them to decide how to proceed.
Best regards,
Joaquim
*De:* Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org *Para:* Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br *Enviadas:* Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56 *Assunto:* Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim,
Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br? If the registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to support your chapter in doing so.
--m
*De:* Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org *Para:* Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br *Cc:* Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key < AKey@ssd.com>; Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com *Enviadas:* Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 *Assunto:* Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team
of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI -
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that
two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
- www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442)
(10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
(900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da
Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not
decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark
may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void
by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are
at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 -
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2008/12/30 Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br
Dear Mike,
*1*. According to the Brazilian rules and regulations for Internet, only entities based on Brazil are allowed to register domains with the Brazilian ccTLD (.br). Foreign entities must have a local branch in Brazil to make such registration.
*2*. A temporary registration is granted to foreign companies that intend to open a branch in Brazilian territory within the period of 12 months beginning with the time when the application is filed at the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil). In this case, the foreign company must basically:
*a*) have an attorney-in-fact in Brazil (with a written power of attorney officially translated to Portuguese), which is responsible for the domain registration;
*b*) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company informs its own corporate name, full address, telephone number, corporate purpose, operating activities, and the name and post title of the agent which is able to act for the company;
*c*) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company commits itself to settle a branch in Brazil within 12 months; and
*d*) fulfill some other minor conditions and formalities.
*3*. Wikimedia Brasil is not formally and legally established as a Wikimedia Chapter. Wikimedia Brasil has the approval of the Board of Trustees (resolution dated October 2008), but is not legally structured and registered with our local authorities yet. We believe that we still do not have critical mass to start and maintain a full and registered entity in Brazil. We are currently working on all Wikimedia projects and operating in accordance with all Wikimedia principles and rules (in the same way as a local chapter), but we believe it would be unwise to register Wikimedia Brasil as a legal person at this moment.
*4*. In a pragmatic approach, we believe that the Wikimedia Foundation should concentrate efforts on the primary problem, which is the trademark unauthorized registration attempts. The domain registration is a secondary problem whose solution may depend on the solution given to the trademark problem. This suggestion is based on 4 main reasons.
*4*.*1*. Apparently, the domain (wikipedia.com.br) is reserved by the CGI.br, while the trademark registration processes are in course of analysis. Therefore, these trademark applications are subject to approval at any moment.
*4*.*2*. The companies that filed the trademark applications at the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) probably intend to use the registration assent as evidence and justification to disengage the domain that is currently reserved by the CGI.br.
*4*.*3*. The Wikimedia Foundation (or the local chapter with the respective trademark license agreement) will be able to easily disengage the domain by presenting to the CGI.br the trademark officially registered by the Wikimedia Foundation itself at the INPI.
*4*.*4*. If the Wikimedia Foundation clearly consolidates position on its own trademarks in Brazil (by officially registering them at the INPI, in addition to all other international registrations), the CGI.br will prevent anyone other than Wikimedia from registering any domain that contains trademark owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
*5*. In any way, the Wikimedia Foundation may consider the possibility of registering the domain in a temporary condition (item 2 above), while dealing with the trademark issues and waiting for the registration of the Brazilian Chapter as legal person. After the registration of the Wikimedia Brasil with our local authorities, the Brazilian Chapter may succeed the Wikimedia Foundation as legal holder of the domains in Brazil. This succession must occur within the 12-month period granted to temporary registration.
*6*. We apologize for presenting more problems than solutions, but we believe that you should have a clear idea of the whole situation. As said before, we are at Alisa disposal to assist her with any issue related to the Wikimedia projects in Brazil. And I am beginning to translate to English some regulations for registration of domain names in Brazil, in case you, Alisa and Doug need them to decide how to proceed.
Best regards,
Joaquim
*De:* Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org *Para:* Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br *Enviadas:* Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56 *Assunto:* Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim,
Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br? If the registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to support your chapter in doing so.
--m
*De:* Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org *Para:* Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br *Cc:* Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key < AKey@ssd.com>; Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com *Enviadas:* Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 *Assunto:* Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team
of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI -
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that
two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
- www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442)
(10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
(900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da
Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not
decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark
may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void
by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are
at your disposal to help.
Kind regards, Joaquim Mariano da Costa NetoVeja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 -
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Joaquim:
I received the attached email this afternoon which appears to have some connection to Wikimedia .br domain names. Would you be able to assist in deciphering the email?
We appreciate your assistance.
Kind regards,
Alisa
Alisa C. Key Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 8000 Towers Crescent Drive/14th Floor Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182-2700 (703) 720-7854 Fax: (703) 720-7801 akey@ssd.com www.ssd.com
----Original Message-----
From: wikimediabr-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [ mailto:wikimediabr-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimediabr-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:17 PM
To: Key, Alisa C.
Subject: Sua mensagem para a lista WikimediaBR-l aguarda aprovação
Seu email para 'WikimediaBR-l' com o assunto
RE: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Esta em espera até que o moderador da lista revise-a para aprovação.
A razão de estar em espera é:
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From: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto [mailto:joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:01 AM To: Michael Wayne Godwin Cc: Wikimedia Brasil; Key, Alisa C.; Douglas Isenberg Subject: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Mike,
1. According to the Brazilian rules and regulations for Internet, only entities based on Brazil are allowed to register domains with the Brazilian ccTLD (.br). Foreign entities must have a local branch in Brazil to make such registration.
2. A temporary registration is granted to foreign companies that intend to open a branch in Brazilian territory within the period of 12 months beginning with the time when the application is filed at the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil). In this case, the foreign company must basically:
a) have an attorney-in-fact in Brazil (with a written power of attorney officially translated to Portuguese), which is responsible for the domain registration;
b) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company informs its own corporate name, full address, telephone number, corporate purpose, operating activities, and the name and post title of the agent which is able to act for the company;
c) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company commits itself to settle a branch in Brazil within 12 months; and
d) fulfill some other minor conditions and formalities.
3. Wikimedia Brasil is not formally and legally established as a Wikimedia Chapter. Wikimedia Brasil has the approval of the Board of Trustees (resolution dated October 2008), but is not legally structured and registered with our local authorities yet. We believe that we still do not have critical mass to start and maintain a full and registered entity in Brazil. We are currently working on all Wikimedia projects and operating in accordance with all Wikimedia principles and rules (in the same way as a local chapter), but we believe it would be unwise to register Wikimedia Brasil as a legal person at this moment.
4. In a pragmatic approach, we believe that the Wikimedia Foundation should concentrate efforts on the primary problem, which is the trademark unauthorized registration attempts. The domain registration is a secondary problem whose solution may depend on the solution given to the trademark problem. This suggestion is based on 4 main reasons.
4.1. Apparently, the domain (wikipedia.com.br) is reserved by the CGI.br, while the trademark registration processes are in course of analysis. Therefore, these trademark applications are subject to approval at any moment.
4.2. The companies that filed the trademark applications at the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) probably intend to use the registration assent as evidence and justification to disengage the domain that is currently reserved by the CGI.br.
4.3. The Wikimedia Foundation (or the local chapter with the respective trademark license agreement) will be able to easily disengage the domain by presenting to the CGI.br the trademark officially registered by the Wikimedia Foundation itself at the INPI.
4.4. If the Wikimedia Foundation clearly consolidates position on its own trademarks in Brazil (by officially registering them at the INPI, in addition to all other international registrations), the CGI.br will prevent anyone other than Wikimedia from registering any domain that contains trademark owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
5. In any way, the Wikimedia Foundation may consider the possibility of registering the domain in a temporary condition (item 2 above), while dealing with the trademark issues and waiting for the registration of the Brazilian Chapter as legal person. After the registration of the Wikimedia Brasil with our local authorities, the Brazilian Chapter may succeed the Wikimedia Foundation as legal holder of the domains in Brazil. This succession must occur within the 12-month period granted to temporary registration.
6. We apologize for presenting more problems than solutions, but we believe that you should have a clear idea of the whole situation. As said before, we are at Alisa disposal to assist her with any issue related to the Wikimedia projects in Brazil. And I am beginning to translate to English some regulations for registration of domain names in Brazil, in case you, Alisa and Doug need them to decide how to proceed.
Best regards,
Joaquim
_____
De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim,
Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br? If the registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to support your chapter in doing so.
--m
_____
De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com; Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006)
wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
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Alisa,
The translation from Portuguese to English:
----- Original Message ----- From: wikimediabr-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediabr-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:17 PM To: Key, Alisa C. Subject: Your message to the WikimediaBR-l list is waiting for approval
Your email to 'WikimediaBR-l' with the subject RE: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil Is retained until the list moderator reviews it for approval.
The reason for this retention is: A non-member posted the message to a list exclusive for members
Either the message will be posted to the list, or you will receive a notification about the decision made by the moderator. If you wish to cancel that post, visit the following address: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/confirm/wikimediabr-l/439a680498e1ffb0f7...
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As you can see, it's just a notice to non-members. Our moderators have already released your message, which has already been distributed to all members of the Brazilian Wikimedia list (about 55 members).
Please, keep sending copies of all messages to our local Wikimedia list, because all of us need to be informed about how the Wikimedia trademark issues evolve in Brazil. And you can ignore further notices like that (we'll always approve your messages).
Best regards,
Joaquim
________________________________ De: "Key, Alisa C." AKey@ssd.com Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br; Michael Wayne Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Douglas Isenberg disenberg@gigalawfirm.com; "Gunderson, Celianna R." CGunderson@ssd.com Enviadas: Terça-feira, 30 de Dezembro de 2008 22:16:43 Assunto: RE: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim:
I received the attached email this afternoon which appears to have some connection to Wikimedia .br domain names. Would you be able to assist in deciphering the email?
We appreciate your assistance.
Kind regards,
Alisa
Alisa C. Key Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 8000 Towers Crescent Drive/14th Floor Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182-2700 (703) 720-7854 Fax: (703) 720-7801 akey@ssd.com www.ssd.com
----Original Message----- From: wikimediabr-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediabr-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:17 PM To: Key, Alisa C. Subject: Sua mensagem para a lista WikimediaBR-l aguarda aprovação Seu email para 'WikimediaBR-l' com o assunto RE: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil Esta em espera até que o moderador da lista revise-a para aprovação. A razão de estar em espera é: Postagem por não membro para uma lista somente de membros Ou a mensagem será postada a lista, ou receberá uma notificação da decisão do moderador. Se desejar cancelar esta postagem, visite o seguinte endereço: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/confirm/wikimediabr-l/439a680498e1ffb0f7...
________________________________ From: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto [mailto:joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:01 AM To: Michael Wayne Godwin Cc: Wikimedia Brasil; Key, Alisa C.; Douglas Isenberg Subject: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Mike,
1. According to the Brazilian rules and regulations for Internet, only entities based on Brazil are allowed to register domains with the Brazilian ccTLD (.br). Foreign entities must have a local branch in Brazil to make such registration.
2. A temporary registration is granted to foreign companies that intend to open a branch in Brazilian territory within the period of 12 months beginning with the time when the application is filed at the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil). In this case, the foreign company must basically: a) have an attorney-in-fact in Brazil (with a written power of attorney officially translated to Portuguese), which is responsible for the domain registration; b) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company informs its own corporate name, full address, telephone number, corporate purpose, operating activities, and the name and post title of the agent which is able to act for the company; c) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which the company commits itself to settle a branch in Brazil within 12 months; and d) fulfill some other minor conditions and formalities.
3. Wikimedia Brasil is not formally and legally established as a Wikimedia Chapter. Wikimedia Brasil has the approval of the Board of Trustees (resolution dated October 2008), but is not legally structured and registered with our local authorities yet. We believe that we still do not have critical mass to start and maintain a full and registered entity in Brazil. We are currently working on all Wikimedia projects and operating in accordance with all Wikimedia principles and rules (in the same way as a local chapter), but we believe it would be unwise to register Wikimedia Brasil as a legal person at this moment.
4. In a pragmatic approach, we believe that the Wikimedia Foundation should concentrate efforts on the primary problem, which is the trademark unauthorized registration attempts. The domain registration is a secondary problem whose solution may depend on the solution given to the trademark problem. This suggestion is based on 4 main reasons.
4.1. Apparently, the domain (wikipedia.com.br) is reserved by the CGI.br, while the trademark registration processes are in course of analysis. Therefore, these trademark applications are subject to approval at any moment.
4.2. The companies that filed the trademark applications at the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) probably intend to use the registration assent as evidence and justification to disengage the domain that is currently reserved by the CGI.br.
4.3. The Wikimedia Foundation (or the local chapter with the respective trademark license agreement) will be able to easily disengage the domain by presenting to the CGI.br the trademark officially registered by the Wikimedia Foundation itself at the INPI.
4.4. If the Wikimedia Foundation clearly consolidates position on its own trademarks in Brazil (by officially registering them at the INPI, in addition to all other international registrations), the CGI.br will prevent anyone other than Wikimedia from registering any domain that contains trademark owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
5. In any way, the Wikimedia Foundation may consider the possibility of registering the domain in a temporary condition (item 2 above), while dealing with the trademark issues and waiting for the registration of the Brazilian Chapter as legal person. After the registration of the Wikimedia Brasil with our local authorities, the Brazilian Chapter may succeed the Wikimedia Foundation as legal holder of the domains in Brazil. This succession must occur within the 12-month period granted to temporary registration.
6. We apologize for presenting more problems than solutions, but we believe that you should have a clear idea of the whole situation. As said before, we are at Alisa disposal to assist her with any issue related to the Wikimedia projects in Brazil. And I am beginning to translate to English some regulations for registration of domain names in Brazil, in case you, Alisa and Doug need them to decide how to proceed.
Best regards,
Joaquim
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Joaquim,
Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br? If the registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to support your chapter in doing so.
--m
________________________________ De: Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto joaquimmariano@yahoo.com.br Cc: Wikimedia Brasil wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Alisa C. Key AKey@ssd.com; Doug Isenberg disenberg@GigaLawFirm.com Enviadas: Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03 Assunto: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
Dear Joaquim,
Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks in Brazil. As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing our own trademark application in Brazil. Please feel free to share with Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly, but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
--Mike Godwin General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
Dear Michael Godwin,
I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work
with our team of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute
(INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which includes trademarks).
Yesterday, after a brief
research at the INPI website, I found that two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round brackets):
www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442) (10.nov.2006)
- wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo
Eletrônico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
The
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia. Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression www.wikipedia.com.br.
The requests
in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
The Brazilian law states
that the request for registering a trademark may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
After the
concession, the registration may also be made null and void by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally registered before the request was filed.
If you need any further
clarification, feel free to contact us. We are at your disposal to help.
Kind regards,
Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
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