[Koha] Koha trademarks around the world

[David Schuster]

Jo I agree this is something to start looking into - but in the long run I
believe lawyers will be needed.

World Intellectual Property Organization - might be a place to start and I
see that NZ is partnered with them through http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms -
the Intellectual Property Office - in NZ which as it may is located in
Wellington!!!

thd had lawyerly contacts so if you haven't talked with him you may want to
make contact.

Thanks and good thought!  We may get stuck on the US thing until we know
what the owner in the US is going to do ....  but it doesn't hurt to
investigate for the rest of the world and cover the foundations assets.

David Schuster

Chris Nighswonger wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Joann Ransom <jransom at library.org.nz>
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> George and I have been discussing the issue of Koha  trademarks. We know
>> that Koha has been registered in the USA by Liblime, and that the EU
>> registration is being signed over to HLT, but what about the rest of
>> world?  Koha is a global phenomenon; should we be thinking about Koha in
>> Asia, Africa, Latin America etc. Has it been registered anywhere else?
>> What is stop any ratbag vendor setting up anywhere in the world from
>> registering Koha in the same way that Liblime and Biblibre did?
> 
> It seems to me that this would at least warrant doing some research into.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Chris
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