[Foundation-l] Re: French domain lost

[Jean-Christophe Chazalette]

This is certainly something that needed clarification, especially regarding current trademark license deals like the one with MandrakeSoft. Thanks God I didn't mention "Wikipedia" was a patented trademark in the draft though I was sur it was ... Anyhow, any kind of trademark license will be clearer and safer with a patented trademark.
villy


> For clarification, I believe the current situation is that we have 
> submitted the application to register Wikipedia as a trademark in the 
> US. The application was filed last month, but I don't believe it is 
> approved yet, as it still needs to be reviewed by the Patent and 
> Trademark Office and published to see if anyone objects to registration. 
> Actual registration can take up to a year or longer. We certainly 
> consider Wikipedia a trademark, whether registered or not, but I 
> recommend that people be careful not to claim that it is registered at 
> this point.
> 
> Once we have the initial registration in place, this should help us 
> expedite other registrations that may be necessary, such as the EU. 
> Based on international agreements, I believe that once the trademark is 
> recognized, additional registrations can be backdated to the earliest 
> registration date.
> 
> As far as I know, trademark registration is not necessary in order to 
> register domain names anywhere. However, it may be helpful in recovering 
> squatted domain names.
> 
> --Michael Snow
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