[Foundation-l] Re: French domain lost
Anthere
anthere9 at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 21 01:21:22 UTC 2004
NSK a écrit:
> On Thursday 21 October 2004 02:48, Delirium wrote:
>
>>I thought the plan was to have the main Wikimedia Foundation hold all
>>trademarks, worldwide, rather than local associations holding them?
>
>
> If local associations hold trademarks they will be able to declare their
> independence from the Foundation and continue using the name "Wikipedia" in
> their jurisdictions.
>
> The choice of who will hold the trademarks will be made by considering how
> much freedom/independence you want to grant to local associations and what
> the law states.
>
I think that in this case, Foundation holding the US trademark and
european one will be sufficient.
Jimbo just told me that the US one was approved and the other underway.
What the Foundation can not register for, is a french domain (in .fr)
This may only be done by a french organisation or firm.
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