At 01:52 AM 10/7/00 -0400, you wrote: >Ken, > >Maybe we can combine your motion with this one that I withdrew? > >==================== > >I move that Mr. Tim Stowell, National Coordinator and Ms. Holly Timm, County >Coordinator Representative At Large apply on behalf of the USGenWeb Project >for a trademark. > >1. Determine specifics of exactly what is to be filed ie. "USGenWeb" or >"USGenWeb Project". > >2. Create an application for federal trademark registration. This >includes: name, citizenship, address and telephone number of the trademark >owner and the owner's entity type. > >3. Submit application, example of use (for applications where you are >already using the trademark) and application fee (currently $325) to the >United States Patent and Trademark Office. (PTO) > > a. The monies for this will need to be collected and someone appointed >by the AB to "handle" the monies. (Suggestion: Someone with a scanner to >post copies of receipts etc. ought to be selected or else find two persons >in close enough proximity to jointly establish a bank account for the >project with dual signatures required to disburse funds.) > >4. Trademark is published in the PTO's "Official Gazette" at which time >anyone that feels damaged by your application has 30 days to contest your >application. > >The Bylaws will also need a modification. The "control" of the trademark, >should we be able to get it needs to pass with each election to the >positions of National Coordinator and County Coordinator Representative at >Large. > > >Maggie >NW/Plains CC Representative > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: kshort <kshort@kroo.com> >To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 10:20 PM >Subject: [BOARD-L] > > >I posted the following to Board-Exec a while back hoping someone would >discuss it and take the bull by the horns and make a motion on it. Well >that hasn't happened Therefore: > > >After due consideration, we recommend that the AB apply for the Service >Mark "The USGenWeb Project" , as soon as possible. > >Along those lines, after reading reams of stuff about TM's, SM's etc, we >need to have Linda Lewis write a letter stating she has no objection to us >doing this. After studying the information available on line in regard to >the legalities involved, the only way there would be a clash would be if >Linda filed an objection to the Project acquiring the SM's. > >Ken Short >Chairman >TM Committee >**************************************************************************** >******* >I move that the Board direct the NC to apply for the Service Mark "The >USGenWeb Project" as soon as possible. > >Ken I have no objection. The only thing is it should be a service mark, since that is what we offer, a service. Trademark is not really applicable to us. Ken