[Wikimedia Brasil] WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil

Terça Dezembro 30 16:05:54 UTC 2008

Prezado Joaquim Mariano,
aceite meus cumprimentos e elogio pela abrangente e precisa explanação.
Parabéns, belo trabalho. Abraço, Nevinho

2008/12/30 Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto <joaquimmariano em yahoo.com.br>

>
> Dear Mike,
>
>
>  *1*. According to the Brazilian rules and regulations for Internet, only
> entities based on Brazil are allowed to register domains with the Brazilian
> ccTLD (.br). Foreign entities must have a local branch in Brazil to make
> such registration.
>
>
>  *2*. A temporary registration is granted to foreign companies that intend
> to open a branch in Brazilian territory within the period of 12 months
> beginning with the time when the application is filed at the Brazilian
> Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil).
> In this case, the foreign company must basically:
>
> *a*) have an attorney-in-fact in Brazil (with a written power of attorney
> officially translated to Portuguese), which is responsible for the domain
> registration;
>
> *b*) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which
> the company informs its own corporate name, full address, telephone number,
> corporate purpose, operating activities, and the name and post title of the
> agent which is able to act for the company;
>
> *c*) present a statement (officially translated to Portuguese) by which
> the company commits itself to settle a branch in Brazil within 12 months;
> and
>
> *d*) fulfill some other minor conditions and formalities.
>
>
>  *3*. Wikimedia Brasil is not formally and legally established as a
> Wikimedia Chapter. Wikimedia Brasil has the approval of the Board of
> Trustees (resolution dated October 2008), but is not legally structured and
> registered with our local authorities yet. We believe that we still do not
> have critical mass to start and maintain a full and registered entity in
> Brazil. We are currently working on all Wikimedia projects and operating in
> accordance with all Wikimedia principles and rules (in the same way as a
> local chapter), but we believe it would be unwise to register Wikimedia
> Brasil as a legal person at this moment.
>
>
>  *4*. In a pragmatic approach, we believe that the Wikimedia Foundation
> should concentrate efforts on the primary problem, which is the trademark
> unauthorized registration attempts. The domain registration is a secondary
> problem whose solution may depend on the solution given to the trademark
> problem. This suggestion is based on 4 main reasons.
>
>
>  *4*.*1*. Apparently, the domain (wikipedia.com.br) is reserved by the
> CGI.br, while the trademark registration processes are in course of
> analysis. Therefore, these trademark applications are subject to approval at
> any moment.
>
>
>  *4*.*2*. The companies that filed the trademark applications at the
> Industrial Property National Institute (INPI - Instituto Nacional da
> Propriedade Industrial) probably intend to use the registration assent as
> evidence and justification to disengage the domain that is currently
> reserved by the CGI.br.
>
>
>  *4*.*3*. The Wikimedia Foundation (or the local chapter with the
> respective trademark license agreement) will be able to easily disengage the
> domain by presenting to the CGI.br the trademark officially registered by
> the Wikimedia Foundation itself at the INPI.
>
>
>  *4*.*4*. If the Wikimedia Foundation clearly consolidates position on its
> own trademarks in Brazil (by officially registering them at the INPI, in
> addition to all other international registrations), the CGI.br will prevent
> anyone other than Wikimedia from registering any domain that contains
> trademark owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
>
>
>  *5*. In any way, the Wikimedia Foundation may consider the possibility of
> registering the domain in a temporary condition (item 2 above), while
> dealing with the trademark issues and waiting for the registration of the
> Brazilian Chapter as legal person. After the registration of the Wikimedia
> Brasil with our local authorities, the Brazilian Chapter may succeed the
> Wikimedia Foundation as legal holder of the domains in Brazil. This
> succession must occur within the 12-month period granted to temporary
> registration.
>
>
>  *6*. We apologize for presenting more problems than solutions, but we
> believe that you should have a clear idea of the whole situation. As said
> before, we are at Alisa disposal to assist her with any issue related to the
> Wikimedia projects in Brazil. And I am beginning to translate to English
> some regulations for registration of domain names in Brazil, in case you,
> Alisa and Doug need them to decide how to proceed.
>
>
>  Best regards,
>
>
>  Joaquim
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *De:* Mike Godwin <mgodwin em wikimedia.org>
> *Para:* Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto <joaquimmariano em yahoo.com.br>
> *Enviadas:* Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 20:53:56
> *Assunto:* Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
>
>
> Joaquim,
>
> Can you determine what we need to do to obtain wikipedia.com.br?  If the
> registration needs to be made by a local entity, we would be happy to
> support your chapter in doing so.
>
>
> --m
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *De:* Mike Godwin <mgodwin em wikimedia.org>
> *Para:* Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto <joaquimmariano em yahoo.com.br>
> *Cc:* Wikimedia Brasil <wikimediabr-l em lists.wikimedia.org>; Alisa C. Key <
> AKey em ssd.com>; Doug Isenberg <disenberg em GigaLawFirm.com>
> *Enviadas:* Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2008 18:55:03
> *Assunto:* Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil
>
>
> Dear Joaquim,
>
> Alisa Key, whom I have cc'd on this e-mail, will be the lawyer in charge of
> challenging the registration of wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia trademarks
> in Brazil.  As part of this process, I have authorized her to begin pursuing
> our own trademark application in Brazil.  Please feel free to share with
> Alisa any information she requests about the trademark process as it is
> proceeding now, and please copy me on any correspondence.
>
> Doug Isenberg will determine what to do with regard to the domain name
> wikipedia.com.br -- I hope that the Foundation can register it directly,
> but, if not, we may ask your chapter to help us.
>
> We're very grateful that you brought this to our attention!
>
>
> --Mike Godwin
> General Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear Michael Godwin,
> >
> >    I am a Brazilian wikipedian and I am beginning to work with our team
> of local volunteers. I am writing to inform you some issues related to
> trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation.
> >
> >    In Brazil, the Industrial Property National Institute (INPI -
> Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) is the federal department in
> charge of registering and controlling the intellectual property (which
> includes trademarks).
> >
> >    Yesterday, after a brief research at the INPI website, I found that
> two Brazilian companies are trying to register at INPI some trademarks that
> may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, these two
> companies filed at the INPI the requests for registering the following
> trademarks: www.wikipedia.com.br and wikipédia. It is important to notice
> that one of the companies is not trying to register the domain
> wikipedia.com.br: the company is just trying to register a trademark that
> uses the expressionwww.wikipedia.com.br (with a specific logotype). I list
> below the trademarks that may belong to the Wikimedia Foundation and the
> names of the respective companies that filed the related requests for
> registering (with the INPI file numbers and the dates of request in round
> brackets):
> > - www.wikipedia.com.br - Web Use Serviços Ltda. ME (900080442)
> (10.nov.2006)
> > - wikipédia - Wikipédia Distribuição de Conteúdo Eletrônico Ltda.
> (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
> >
> >    The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da
> Internet no Brasil) is the Brazilian federal department in charge of
> registering and controlling the Brazilian Internet domains, with
> jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain designated for Brazil
> (.br). The CGI.br (which is not related to the INPI) made the domain
> wikipedia.com.br unavailable for any entity other than Wikipedia.
> Therefore, the current problem is not related to the registration of the
> domain, but to the registration of the trademark that uses the expression
> www.wikipedia.com.br.
> >
> >    The requests in question are still in analysis and the INPI did not
> decided to concede or refuse the registrations.
> >
> >    The Brazilian law states that the request for registering a trademark
> may be opposed by proving that similar or identical trademark already exists
> and is legally registered. In other words, the Wikimedia Foundation may
> oppose the requests filed by the above-mentioned companies at INPI.
> >
> >    After the concession, the registration may also be made null and void
> by proving that similar or identical trademark exists and had been legally
> registered before the request was filed.
> >
> >    If you need any further clarification, feel free to contact us. We are
> at your disposal to help.
> >
> >        Kind regards,
> >
> >            Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
> >
> >
> >
> >
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