[foundation-board] MOTION: Trademarks for the OKF

James Casbon casbon at gmail.com
Wed Mar 27 18:24:48 UTC 2013


I approve


On 20 March 2013 11:00, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

> I approve.
>
> Rufus
>
>
> On 19 March 2013 21:41, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> 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 seven trademarks
>> (listed below) using Charles Russell as agent.
>>
>>
>> *Background*
>>
>> As directed by the board, I have been pursuing further quotations for
>> trademark work, to compare with the existing quote from AZRights.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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 £11,200.
>>
>> OKF, OKFN, Open Knowledge Foundation  (each in 5 classes)
>> OpenSpending, School of Data (each in 3 or 4 classes, TBC)
>> CKAN, Open Definition (each in 2 classes)
>>
>> The feedback is that "empowering through open knowledge" and "where does
>> my money go" are probably not registerable and so these are not included;
>> these could be pursued separately.  "Open Definition" may be challenging to
>> get through, but I think it is worth the investment as it is a key part of
>> what we do and potentially a unique asset as open concepts become more
>> widespread.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dr Laura James
>>
>> Co-Director
>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://okfn.org
>> *Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age*
>>
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James
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