[Foundation-l] Wikibooks trademark

[Florence Devouard]

Andrew Whitworth wrote:
> Looking at the new branding survey on meta, i'm struck by the fact that 
> "Wikibooks" isn't trademarked. Is it an error that it's trademark simply 
> wasnt listed on the page with the rest, or is the name simply not 
> trademarked at all?
> 
> Not having that name is a little scary to me because an external entity 
> could take it and demand that we quit using it. I know some people are 
> interested in rebranding, but that should be an internal decision, not a 
> hostile external one.
> 
> --Andrew Whitworth

Agreed.

Previous lawyer considered the name was not original enough (too 
generic) to be trademarkable. The solution is to register name+logo at 
the same time. Which implies logo issue to be settled.

Ant