I recently found out that besides wikinews.com, the site to keep track of the wikirevolution sometime hopefully in the next 20 years, there is also other sites that share are name, and are actually news-sites. Is Wikinews a trademark of the wikimedia foundation? because if it is, and other websites are using a similar name like that for news, don't we loose the trademark or something like that (I really don't understand trademark law, but that was the impression I got). Even if that is not the case, I still find it concerning that other websites are using similar names for news.
anyways, the sites are:
wikinewspaper.com basically a syndication site. domain registered on 2005-11-29
Wikinewsnetwork.com , thewikinews.org , thewikinews.com Basically a very ugly conspiracy theory news site from what I can tell. Domain registered 07-31-2005
All of these websites have alternate domains that have nothing to do with wikinews.
-- bawolff
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Some of these are disturbing. Is Wikinews a registered trademark (or whatever)? I don't remember.
-N.
On 8/27/06, bawolff bawolff+wn@gmail.com wrote:
I recently found out that besides wikinews.com, the site to keep track of the wikirevolution sometime hopefully in the next 20 years, there is also other sites that share are name, and are actually news-sites. Is Wikinews a trademark of the wikimedia foundation? because if it is, and other websites are using a similar name like that for news, don't we loose the trademark or something like that (I really don't understand trademark law, but that was the impression I got). Even if that is not the case, I still find it concerning that other websites are using similar names for news.
anyways, the sites are:
wikinewspaper.com basically a syndication site. domain registered on 2005-11-29
Wikinewsnetwork.com , thewikinews.org , thewikinews.com Basically a very ugly conspiracy theory news site from what I can tell. Domain registered 07-31-2005
All of these websites have alternate domains that have nothing to do with wikinews.
-- bawolff
Caution: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight. _______________________________________________ Wikinews-l mailing list Wikinews-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
Well, the logos are registered. So if the logos are registered then the names have to be also? I mean the bottom of the Wikipedia pages it states " Wikipedia(r) is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc." So, I'm guessing the same appiles to Wikinews. Maybe we should inquire with the legal team perhaps?
On 8/27/06, Nathan Reed nathanreed@gmail.com wrote:
Some of these are disturbing. Is Wikinews a registered trademark (or whatever)? I don't remember.
-N.
On 8/27/06, bawolff < bawolff+wn@gmail.com> wrote:
I recently found out that besides wikinews.com, the site to keep track of the wikirevolution sometime hopefully in the next 20 years, there is also other sites that share are name, and are actually news-sites. Is Wikinews a trademark of the wikimedia foundation? because if it is, and other websites are using a similar name like that for news, don't we loose the trademark or something like that (I really don't understand trademark law, but that was the impression I got). Even if that is not the case, I still find it concerning that other websites are using similar names for news.
anyways, the sites are:
wikinewspaper.com basically a syndication site. domain registered on 2005-11-29
Wikinewsnetwork.com , thewikinews.org , thewikinews.com Basically a very ugly conspiracy theory news site from what I can tell. Domain registered 07-31-2005
All of these websites have alternate domains that have nothing to do with wikinews.
-- bawolff
Caution: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight. _______________________________________________ Wikinews-l mailing list Wikinews-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
-- Nathan Reed nathanreed@gmail.com
Wikinews-l mailing list Wikinews-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
Patrick Mannion schrieb:
Well, the logos are registered. So if the logos are registered then the names have to be also? I mean the bottom of the Wikipedia pages it states " Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc." So, I'm guessing the same appiles to Wikinews. Maybe we should inquire with the legal team perhaps?
Someone could
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On 8/28/06, SonicR sonicrster@googlemail.com wrote:
Patrick Mannion schrieb:
Well, the logos are registered. So if the logos are registered then the names have to be also? I mean the bottom of the Wikipedia pages it states " Wikipedia(r) is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc." So, I'm guessing the same appiles to Wikinews. Maybe we should inquire with the legal team perhaps?
Someone could _______________________________________________ Wikinews-l mailing list Wikinews-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
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