At 11:36 AM 10/7/00 -0700, you wrote: >Pam Reid wrote: > > > > > Many of us feel that filing for "The USGenWeb Project" leaves the door > > wide open for other people to file for service marks that include > > USGenWeb in the name. It appears from what I have read on this issue, > > filing for and obtaining the mark "USGenWeb" would close that door. > > > > John Schunk wrote a great message explaining this to the Discuss List > > and I have asked his permission to forward that message here. > > > > It just seems that this avenue would give us more protection against > > improper use of our name for other projects, sites, etc. > > > > Pam > >Ken- > >Did the Trademark Committee discuss this? What is their feeling? > >-Isaiah Yes we did discuss this. The majority felt we should go with "The USGenWeb Project", as I reported. However, the feeling is as long as we get a service mark that will protect and restrict the use of the term "USGenWeb xxx", it will be ok. From the ton of reading I did on TM, SM etc, I personally feel that just using "USGenWeb" will work for everything. I reported on board exec and in my motion on board-l, the recommendation of the committee, remember that is ONLY a recommendation. It is now up to the board to decide the best way to go. I have no problem, and I am sure the rest of the committee has no problem, in the motion being amended however the board wants it to read, as long as it gets done, one way or the other. Just a side note. Based on my research it will prob take a minimum of 6 months, more than likely 8-12 months to get the final approval/disapproval on whatever we do. Ken