[Commons-l] Wikimedia Logos on Commons: Possible Solution

[Robin Schwab]

Zitat von Daniel Kinzler <daniel at brightbyte.de>:


> b) make the logos free content, and rely on trademark law to protect them
> against abuse. This would in theory be the best solution IMHO, but does not
> seem
> feasible in practice (trademark registration is per country, for a limited
> time,
> for a limited purpose, harder to enforce, and quite expensive if done for
> all
> logos in many countries).

This would be my favourite too. Why is this not feasible? IANAL but trademark
don't necessary need to be registered. Trademarks and patents are much easier
to enforce than copyright.

We have many logos from companies and political parties on our servers. Why
treat our own logos differently?

> Where the logos are hosted is irrelevant.

Yes.