Who?
Karen Sandler - CEO of Software Freedom Conservancy
What?
All Things Open 2014 - Karen Sandler - Trademarks and Your Free and Open Source Software Project
Where?
When?
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Posted on youtube: Nov 14, 2014
The Gist
Presentation on Trademarks, what they are, how they are enforced, and a bunch of real life examples of cases involving trademarks.
The Good
- Nice to hear someone talking about trademarks who really knows her stuff and is extremely qualified to give the talk.
- Lots of example cases involving very well known companies from the FOSS world.
- Provided both cases where it was determined it was not worthwhile to enforce a trademark, and cases where it was very important to take action.
The Bad
- The guy with the big hair could not stop shaking his foot, which I found very distracting.
- Kind of a giant recap of a lot of the points I already learned about in the reading from my previous LitReview post.
- Seems like there is a lot of stuff that has to be argued in cases involving trademarks - not very concrete
Questions
- How is the scope of distribution determined for a project distributed through the internet
- How do we enforce trademarks internationally especially if it is an extreme case where you would want to enforce - Any examples of these cases?
- Is there a concrete definition or explanation of how it can be determined that a trademark is no longer in use? At what point can it effectively be argued that a trademark is obsolete?
Review
A lot of repetition from my last reading on Trademarks, but it was helpful in further solidifying my understanding on the topic. It was also nice to hear someone talk about trademarks in a presentation setting rather than having to read about them. I also greatly appreciated the relevant examples from the qualified speaker.
7/10
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