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Wikipedia Art and the Wikimedia trademark
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:16 pm
by Flip Flopped
Someone on this forum or the WR ProBoards forum linked to the legal history page of Wikipedia Art (
http://wikipediaart.org/legal-history/). That site links to a blog post by the EFF that discusses how the WMF tried to get Wikipedia Art taken down for trademark violation (
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/wikipedia-threatens-). I think it's great that the Wikipedia Art people have been able to keep their site up.
Re: Wikipedia Art and the Wikimedia trademark
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:17 am
by Joe Hazelton
Proof that Wikipedia is Hypocrisy on crack....
Re: Wikipedia Art and the Wikimedia trademark
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:20 am
by Flip Flopped
Joe Hazelton wrote:Proof that Wikipedia is Hypocrisy on crack....
I love that the EFF shamed Wikipedia for running to EFF for help then turned around and used a bogus legal threat against someone else who got help from the EFF to fend of the WMF.
Re: Wikipedia Art and the Wikimedia trademark
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:01 pm
by HRA1924
Flip Flopped wrote:Joe Hazelton wrote:Proof that Wikipedia is Hypocrisy on crack....
I love that the EFF shamed Wikipedia for running to EFF for help then turned around and used a bogus legal threat against someone else who got help from the EFF to fend of the WMF.
Even if you end up deciding not to "sue Wikipedia Arts in trademark," in the sense of filing an action in court, and instead decide to file a UDRP claim, I have indicated that WE will seek a declaratory judgment of non-infringement
because we are not willing to allow this dispute to be resolved by reference to private law instead of the law of the United States that governs both your client and mine.
Re: Wikipedia Art and the Wikimedia trademark
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:14 pm
by Flip Flopped
HRA1924 wrote:Flip Flopped wrote:Joe Hazelton wrote:Proof that Wikipedia is Hypocrisy on crack....
I love that the EFF shamed Wikipedia for running to EFF for help then turned around and used a bogus legal threat against someone else who got help from the EFF to fend of the WMF.
Even if you end up deciding not to "sue Wikipedia Arts in trademark," in the sense of filing an action in court, and instead decide to file a UDRP claim, I have indicated that WE will seek a declaratory judgment of non-infringement
because we are not willing to allow this dispute to be resolved by reference to private law instead of the law of the United States that governs both your client and mine.
I have no client and nobody else here has a client either. Try to write something that makes sense.
Re: Wikipedia Art and the Wikimedia trademark
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:52 am
by HRA1924
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Even if you end up deciding not to "sue Wikipedia Arts in trademark," in the sense of filing an action in court, and instead decide to file a UDRP claim, I have indicated that WE will seek a declaratory judgment of non-infringement because we are not willing to allow this dispute to be resolved by reference to private law instead of the law of the United States that governs both your client and mine.
Flip Flopped wrote:I have no client and nobody else here has a client either. Try to write something that makes sense.
It was extract from
http://wikipediaart.org/legal/041809-LevyResponse2.htmlBB code for "code" not working properly inside multipled quotes
Re: Wikipedia Art and the Wikimedia trademark
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:26 am
by Flip Flopped
HRA1924 wrote:Code: Select all
Even if you end up deciding not to "sue Wikipedia Arts in trademark," in the sense of filing an action in court, and instead decide to file a UDRP claim, I have indicated that WE will seek a declaratory judgment of non-infringement because we are not willing to allow this dispute to be resolved by reference to private law instead of the law of the United States that governs both your client and mine.
Flip Flopped wrote:I have no client and nobody else here has a client either. Try to write something that makes sense.
It was extract from
http://wikipediaart.org/legal/041809-LevyResponse2.htmlBB code for "code" not working properly inside multipled quotes
Ah, thanks for the link.
That's an interesting letter to Godwin when he was counsel for the WMF.
Re: Wikipedia Art and the Wikimedia trademark
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:57 am
by Joe Hazelton
It should be noted that these emails and events took place in 2009.. and we are
in 2017. by my count about 8 years... I wonder were all of this
went in the present. Just wondering?