[Foundation-l] Trademarks

[Anthony]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Without criticizing Mozilla at all, I'll note that we're not that much
> like Mozilla in the scale on which license trademarks commercially.
> It's probably difficult for anyone outside the Foundation to imagine
> the sheer number of licensing opportunities we turn down on a daily or
> weekly basis. I've also been told that, in comparison to other
> nonprofits that hold commercially valuable trademarks, we're
> remarkably *un*aggressive in policing them.  You might almost think
> the Foundation's legal strategy were being run by a free-speech lawyer.


What are you saying here?  Do you think free speech is promoted by telling
people "no" when they ask if they can use your trademark, but then not doing
anything when someone uses it without asking?

Is that something they taught you in law school, or did you learn it on your
own?

Anthony