[foundation-board] REVISED MOTION: Trademarks for OKF

Mon Apr 8 13:24:31 UTC 2013

I approve.

Rufus

On 8 April 2013 09:10, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:
> As the previous motion was contentious due to the inclusion of the Open
> Definition, here is a revised proposal not including this.  Thank you for
> the input so far; I'm afraid we need new approvals/rejections from everyone
> in response to this revised motion.
>
>
>
> I would like to place the following motion before the board, and request
> that you each respond to approve or reject the motion.
>
> Motion placed before the board:
>
> That the OKF should undertake to register a set of six trademarks (listed
> below) using Charles Russell as agent.
>
>
> Background
>
> Charles Russell have been the most responsive and have provided detailed and
> useful feedback (around expected classes, for example) on the proposed
> marks. The quote is also an improvement on that from AZRights, even after a
> recent price change from AZRights.
>
> To file across EU27, with both an initial filing and the work needed to take
> through to final registration (all being well), for the following marks, the
> cost will be around £10,000.
>
> OKF, OKFN, Open Knowledge Foundation  (each in 5 classes)
> OpenSpending, School of Data (each in 3 or 4 classes, TBC)
> CKAN  (in 2 classes)
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Laura
>
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