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From:
Michael Bimmler <mbimmler@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Minutes of the Wikimedia UK v2.0 Board Meeting, 04/11/2008
To:
wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Cc: Chapters Committee list <
chaptercommittee-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, Mike Godwin <
mgodwin@wikimedia.org>
Hi,
referring to a point in the minutes:
"
Wikimedia trademark negotiation: AT e-mailed ChapCom but has not yet received a response."
I do not remember the very question now, but in any case, questions re trademark use/agreements would rather not go through ChapCom but probably through Mike Godwin (I am honestly unsure who deals with this now at WMF, as Delphine is no longer Chapters Coordinator).
If this concerns the trademark use in general when you're a chapter and onwards: No doubt you will very soon after approval be invited by the WMF to sign the standard Chapters Agreement which includes clauses to enable the chapter to use the trademarks. I do not really see where "negotiation" comes into the game, because the chapters agreement is a standard agreement for all chapters, but if WmUK proposes changes to the standard agreement, this is surely a matter to be dealt with primarily between the foundation's General Counsel, whom I'm copying, and the Wikimedia UK board. ChapCom is certainly glad to give input if deemed appropriate, but if these are specific UK-related amendments of a mere legal nature, I do not see what we can do.
If this concerns trademark use in the interval between chapter approval and entering into force of the chapters agreement, I invite Wikimedia UK's board to write to the WMF's General Counsel to discuss this, in case a formal permission to use the trademark is necessary, e.g. for any filings with authorities.
I hope this does somewhat answer the point - if I missed the question completely, I would appreciate a short restatement of the question, for I have not been able to find the question in a short research of my inbox, and sadly the search process of the list archivals is broken, the index having been updated last in January.
Michael
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