[tony@...41...: Re: affidavits to maintain & strengthen registration of the Inkscape trademarks]
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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:03:25 -0400 From: Tony Sebro <tony@...41...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> CC: "inkscape@...41..." <inkscape@...41...> Subject: Re: affidavits to maintain & strengthen registration of the Inkscape trademarks
On 08/14/2014 09:06 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Separate from the decision, there are some follow up questions regarding how we should be using the marks:
""" Should we be using the registered trademark logo (R) in our about screen, website and other media publications?
Or the non-registered trademark logo (tm)?
Since the Inkscape marks are registered, Inkscape has the right to use the (R) symbol instead of the TM symbol. It's not required, but it's a good idea to use the (R) symbol, as it puts others on notice that "Inkscape," the Inkscape logo, and "Draw freely" are all registered.
You don't have to go overboard; you should add it to the About Inkscape graphic, for example, but you don't need to use it everywhere that you use name "Inkscape" or display the logo. The fact that Inkscape has published a trademark policy goes a long way towards putting others on notice about our rights in the marks.
Best, -Tony
It looks like we might need to push a .1 update for 0.48.5 to fix a couple small build things. If we want to add the ® in the about dialog, we may as well get that change in as well. Did we want to do it for the name and logo?
Cheers, Josh
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> wrote:
----- Forwarded message from Tony Sebro <tony@...41...> -----
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:03:25 -0400 From: Tony Sebro <tony@...41...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> CC: "inkscape@...41..." <inkscape@...41...> Subject: Re: affidavits to maintain & strengthen registration of the Inkscape trademarks
On 08/14/2014 09:06 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Separate from the decision, there are some follow up questions regarding how we should be using the marks:
""" Should we be using the registered trademark logo (R) in our about screen, website and other media publications?
Or the non-registered trademark logo (tm)?
Since the Inkscape marks are registered, Inkscape has the right to use the (R) symbol instead of the TM symbol. It's not required, but it's a good idea to use the (R) symbol, as it puts others on notice that "Inkscape," the Inkscape logo, and "Draw freely" are all registered.
You don't have to go overboard; you should add it to the About Inkscape graphic, for example, but you don't need to use it everywhere that you use name "Inkscape" or display the logo. The fact that Inkscape has published a trademark policy goes a long way towards putting others on notice about our rights in the marks.
Best, -Tony
-- Tony Sebro, General Counsel, Software Freedom Conservancy +1-212-461-3245 x11 tony@...41... www.sfconservancy.org
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