Dave Kuhlman wrote:
On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 07:07:25PM -0400, Rob Page wrote:
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During my stay at EuroPython I learned that eighteen months ago (and without Zope Corporation's knowledge or consent) Zope Europe Association (ZEA) registered a trademark consisting of the Cirlce-Z (the stylized Z surrounded by a circle) followed by the word ZOPE (hereinafter "Circle-Z-Zope"). The mark they registered is identical to the corporate logo used by Zope Corporation.
At the Zope Europe Association Web site (http://www.zope-europe.org/), the logo is 3 cubes with a 3-dimensional look. Has Zope Europe Association registered the Circle-Z-Zope trademark but is not using it?
Apparently. Go to: http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/search/madrid/search-struct.jsp and enter "Zope" in the "Holder Name" field and click "Search". You will see 5 results. The first is for the Zope Corporation registration of the name "Zope", registered in May 2004. The next four results are for ZEA's registrations of the Zope and Plone marks, with logos (2 each, for different sets of countries) registered in July and September of 2004.
Or is there another Zope Europe Association?
Nope, the addresses match. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org