| Re: [ee4j-community] Fwd: Jakarta Logo Submissions-extended 1 day |
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On 2018-03-15 1:59 PM, Instantiation
Exception wrote:
I am not sure if you are joking, but for me this Orangutan logo looks very lame. All, I feel that I need to explain one of the legal constraints that we are operating under. There are some jurisdictions around the world that will not
register a trademark name which refers to a geographical location.
However, we have been advised that you can register a graphical
mark in conjunction with a word mark if there is no reference to
the geographical location. This constraint explains some of the
points made in the design brief. Jakarta is a geographical location. Specifically it is a large
city on the island of Java in Indonesia. So when I look at the tiger and the orangutan I imagine
attempting to convince a trademark examiner in (to give an extreme
example) Indonesia that these have zero implied connection to
Java, Jakarta, or Indonesia. And at least in my mind these all
fail that test. Or perhaps a better way to say it is that we would
not want to take the risk. We can all debate whether monkeys are
cuter than cats or vice versa. The strong risk that the
registration of those marks would be rejected in some
jurisdictions is a stronger and less ambiguous objection. There are several such constraints that the Eclipse Foundation is
operating under as we are working through this process. I would
appreciate your understanding if/when we say and do things which
seem odd. We are genuinely trying to do the best we can under a
very complicated set of constraints and expectations. |