Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Jordan S Hatcher <jordan AT opencontentlawyer.com>]

On 1 Oct 2007, at 03:53, paola.dimaio AT gmail.com wrote:

> Jordan
> I did find the page
> http://creativecommons.org/policies
>
> Still it does not say which country the trademak applies to?
> Nor there is an indication as to restriction is usage of the 'name'


See:

"The double C in a circle, the words and logotype “Creative Commons,”  
and any combination of the foregoing, whether integrated into a  
larger whole or standing alone, are Creative Commons’ trademarks."

That means that they have a trademark to the name.

You can feel free to educate yourself about the workings of the  
international trade mark system, but the word mark "Creative Commons"  
is, for example, a registered Community Trade Mark applicable  
throughout the EU/EEA. Trade mark Registration No. 003723971


> > what is the copyright situation for the cc licenses - as you seem  
> > well informed
> > is there a trademark registration?
> > for which countries?
> >
> > Anyway, I have no problem in call it MY Creative Commons
> >
> > unless of course, cc intend to prohibit the usage of the 'name'
> > world wide - which would
> > be another intersting story
>
> > Nobody can trademark the name 'commons' afaik - caust it is a term to
> > indicate the public domain
> >
> > I am pretty confident that we'll meet in court  anyway one day or  
> > another
> > what's your jurisdiction btw?
> >
> > :-)\
> >
> > pdm

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