Re: Legal review 2: Trademarks

[Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz at cmu.edu>]

On Friday, January 21, 2005 17:10:01 +0100 Brian E Carpenter 
<brc at zurich.ibm.com> wrote:

> Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> > More from Jorge:
> >
> > 2.  Trademarks.
> >
> > There has been a lot of discussion about ownership and maintenance
> > of IETF-related trademarks.  I would suggest that one of the IAD/IASA
> > duties be to consider appropriate trademark protection for the IETF's
> > identifying names (such as "IETF", "IRTF", etc.), and then oversee the
> > prosecution and maintenance of such trademarks.  This activity should be
> > identified as part of the IASA budget.
>
> Good catch, but does it belong in the BCP? Seems like good advice
> to the IAOC.

It would seem appropriate for the BCP to contain language authorizing the 
IASA to register, maintain, and defend trademarks on behalf of the IETF.



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