[Foundation-l] Re: Progress on wikimedia.com?

[Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales]

Anthere wrote:
> >That sounds not very plausible because to my knowledge the US trademark
> >is a pre-condition to apply for registration in the EU according to the
> >Madrid Agreement.
> 
> Well, still... according to Jimbo... this is a fact.

The pre-condition is actually an *application* in the US.  I had the same
misconception as akl for a long time.  There's a Madrid Protocol and a
Madrid Agreement, and they are different.

> I am interested by this agreement ... you mean something can't get 
> protected unless it is first protected in the USA ???

There's a concept of a "home" country and "other countries".  If you
are registering first in France, then you can use that to get
protection in the US.  That is, it is because we are based in the US
that the US had to be done first.  (Or maybe not, it's all very
confusing, all I really know is how I did it.)  If you were
registering in France, that would have to go first.  (Or maybe EU-wide
first, I really have no clue.)

> Nod. Jimbo promised to do it within the next few days. If not, we need 
> to torture him to do so.

:-)

The stuff is on my desk to give all details.

--Jimbo