Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Kevin Shrieve <kevin AT lumiere.net>]

Peter,

Would you be so kind as to give a brief summary of what you think are 
the most interesting implications of these cases?

Thanks,

Kevin

Peter Brink wrote:

> Rob Myers skrev:
>
> > An interesting example of a trademark license is Wizards of The 
> > Coast's (Hasbro's) "d20" license. This is a logo indicating 
> > compatibility with their games that you can use if you comply with 
> > the conditions of the license, one of which is that a certain 
> > percentage of your game must be Open Content.
> >
> > I recommend that anyone interested in Open Trademarks (or a spectrum 
> > of rights for trademarks) study the d20/OGL licenses, their reception 
> > by the community, their effect on their intended market and how 
> > changes to the licenses have affected their usage very closely.
> >
> > The cc-bizcom archives contain a conversation with the author of the 
> > OGL which touches on some of these issues.
> >
> > - Rob.
>
>
> An even better source of inspiration is the European Trademark 
> directive (89/104/EEC), which can be accessed in full text from 
> http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/eu/eu014en.html. At a minimum 
> read article 6...
>
> Also of interest are the following cases from the European Court of 
> Justice: The well known BMW case 
> (http://oami.eu.int/en/mark/aspects/pdf/JJ970063.pdf) and the ongoing 
> Gillette case (C-228/03). The Advocate General has given his opinion 
> on the later case, however (strange enough) that document is not 
> available in English. I found a good summary in English on 
> http://www.twobirds.com/english/publications/casereports/TM_and_Copyright_Cases_January_2005.cfm 
>  (it's roughly half way down on the web page).
>
> /Peter
>
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