[Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo

[David Gerard]

Referring to John and Federico as "these two individuals" comes across
as attempting to depersonalise and deprecate your opposition. Are you
quite sure this is the effect you're after?

On 9 October 2013 07:13, James Alexander <jalexander at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> The legal team have provided some background on the hiring on Jones Day in
> this action. Here is their comment:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation#Legal_representation
>
> James Alexander
> Legal and Community Advocacy
> Wikimedia Foundation
> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:56 PM, <tomasz at twkozlowski.net> wrote:
>
>> Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote on September 26, 2013, 15:22 UTC:
>>
>>
>>  Trademark don't self-enforce, they are "enforceable" as long as someone
>>> believes to you when you use them as threat tools. So yes, I suppose they
>>> might.
>>>
>>
>> ... and given that the WMF just hired the infamous Jones Day bullies as
>> their representative before the OHIM to fight an opposition filled by their
>> own volunteers (me and Federico), I don't think it's an unfair view.
>>
>> I suggest that everyone interested in the subject read <
>> http://www.dmlp.org/blog/**2009/sam-bayard/thoughts-**
>> jones-day-blockshopper-**settlement<http://www.dmlp.org/blog/2009/sam-bayard/thoughts-jones-day-blockshopper-settlement>>
>> and related links for an overview of a 2009 Jones Day lawsuit against a
>> start-up company Blockshopper.com which Paul Levy called "a new a new entry
>> in the contest for grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the
>> plaintiff doesn’t like".
>>
>> I'm aware that, being a party of the opposition, I shouldn't really
>> comment on the WMF's litigation tactics, but it still leaves me wonder
>> about the point of hiring, as some say, "one of the worst trademark abusers
>> in history", as their representative in this case.
>>
>>           Tomasz
>>
>>
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