On 7/9/06, Daniel Kinzler daniel@brightbyte.de wrote:
Generally we don't concern ourselves with trademark issues, though.
Yes, we do. There's a strong bias against having trademarked logos on commons. This resulted from a lengthy discussion on this thread some months ago, and word from Jimbo.
My recollection of that (maybe inaccurately) was that that came down to copyright issues, not trademark? A photograph or redrawing of a logo still infringes its copyright, after all. I don't remember any of the disputed logos being out of copyright.
I believe I am correct that Commons does not generally concern itself that the appearance of a trademarked element in a photographed scene may make a photograph unusable in some (but not all) commercial contexts, however.
-matt