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

Quarta Dezembro 31 07:30:45 UTC 2008

Alisa,

The translation from Portuguese to English:

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Joaquim

________________________________
De: "Key, Alisa C." <AKey em ssd.com>
Para: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto <joaquimmariano em yahoo.com.br>; Michael Wayne Godwin <mgodwin em wikimedia.org>
Cc: Wikimedia Brasil <wikimediabr-l em lists.wikimedia.org>; Douglas Isenberg <disenberg em gigalawfirm.com>; "Gunderson, Celianna R." <CGunderson em ssd.com>
Enviadas: TerÃ§a-feira, 30 de Dezembro de 2008 22:16:43
Assunto: RE: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized registration attempt in Brazil

Joaquim:

I received the attached email this afternoon which appears 
to have some connection to Wikimedia .br domain names.  Would you be able 
to assist in deciphering the email?

We appreciate your assistance.

Kind regards,

Alisa 

Alisa C. 
Key 
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 
8000 Towers Crescent 
Drive/14th Floor 
Tysons Corner, Virginia  22182-2700 
(703) 
720-7854 
Fax: (703) 720-7801 
akey em ssd.com 
www.ssd.com 

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________________________________
 From: Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto 
[mailto:joaquimmariano em yahoo.com.br] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 
12:01 AM
To: Michael Wayne Godwin
Cc: Wikimedia Brasil; Key, 
Alisa C.; Douglas Isenberg
Subject: Re: WF Trademarks - Unauthorized 
registration attempt in Brazil

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 - ComitÃª 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: TerÃ§a-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: TerÃ§a-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 wikipÃ©dia 
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 wikipÃ©dia. 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 ServiÃ§os Ltda. ME (900080442) 
(10.nov.2006)
> - wikipÃ©dia - WikipÃ©dia DistribuiÃ§Ã£o de ConteÃºdo 
EletrÃ´nico Ltda. (900632860) (29.nov.2007)
> 
>    The 
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br - ComitÃª 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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