http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-98911 Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » Trademarks Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:55:49 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-98911 [...] Defending our community is important, but that doesn’t require a trademark (the Postgres position, or Chris Messina’s community mark idea) [...] [...] Defending our community is important, but that doesn’t require a trademark (the Postgres position, or Chris Messina’s community mark idea) [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-86681 Dee Blind Mice » Blog Archive » FactoryCity » The Case for Community Marks Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:59:53 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-86681 [...] FactoryCity » The Case for Community Marks [...] [...] FactoryCity » The Case for Community Marks [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-74381 ::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon » Conference Notes: Community and what is REALLY Next (hint: I don’t know) Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:23:53 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-74381 [...] their ‘authority’ over Community or otherwise vulnerable terms (because, as a ‘community mark‘, they are not strongly defined or policed), or speaking at a conference that promises to [...] [...] their ‘authority’ over Community or otherwise vulnerable terms (because, as a ‘community mark‘, they are not strongly defined or policed), or speaking at a conference that promises to [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-55677 Effair | Billet | Vol de logo? Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:21:27 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-55677 [...] logo des microformats est distribué sous une license de type “Community Mark”, ce qui signifie que quelqu’un peut l’utiliser, le redistribué et [...] [...] logo des microformats est distribué sous une license de type “Community Mark”, ce qui signifie que quelqu’un peut l’utiliser, le redistribué et [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-45776 Trademark in its final throes? at FactoryCity Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:27:33 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-45776 [...] dunno, I’d really like to see that Community Mark idea given some legal scrutiny, from the standpoint of creating doctrine that reflects the current [...] [...] dunno, I’d really like to see that Community Mark idea given some legal scrutiny, from the standpoint of creating doctrine that reflects the current [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-22082 Web2Thing » Blog Archive » Trademarks and Community Marks Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:00:26 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-22082 [...] I emailed Chris Messina asking him about his community mark idea the other day. He responded and pointed to an interview he did recently on EdTechTalk, and Mozilla using the CM idea for the RSS Icon. [...] [...] I emailed Chris Messina asking him about his community mark idea the other day. He responded and pointed to an interview he did recently on EdTechTalk, and Mozilla using the CM idea for the RSS Icon. [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-16173 Patents: the tar pits of modernity at FactoryCity Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:52:14 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-16173 [...] But the system is effed. And as there are alternatives to copyright and trademark, there similarly needs to be an open source alternative to patents, that allows the creative and ingenious to receive credit and kudos without creating a chilling effect on future and subsequent derivative innovation — innovation that has historically been built on borrowed and hacked ideas. Innovation necessary for human progress to continue at the pace it’s at today. [...] [...] But the system is effed. And as there are alternatives to copyright and trademark, there similarly needs to be an open source alternative to patents, that allows the creative and ingenious to receive credit and kudos without creating a chilling effect on future and subsequent derivative innovation — innovation that has historically been built on borrowed and hacked ideas. Innovation necessary for human progress to continue at the pace it’s at today. [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-9249 sunburntkamel » Blog Archive » guidelines for the feed icon Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:28:29 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-9249 [...] the feed icon is closer in spirit to a "community mark" than a traditional trademark. Our goal is that the icon be adopted universally by the entire community of people producing and using innovative products and services based on open web syndication formats, and be conceived of as belonging to that community rather than to any one organization. [...] [...] the feed icon is closer in spirit to a "community mark" than a traditional trademark. Our goal is that the icon be adopted universally by the entire community of people producing and using innovative products and services based on open web syndication formats, and be conceived of as belonging to that community rather than to any one organization. [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-8624 » Frank Hecker: The feed icon as a “community mark” - Mozilla News Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:35:27 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-8624 [...] In this sense the feed icon is closer in spirit to a “community mark” than a traditional trademark. Our goal is that the icon be adopted universally by the entire community of people producing and using innovative products and services based on open web syndication formats, and be conceived of as belonging to that community rather than to any one organization. [...] [...] In this sense the feed icon is closer in spirit to a “community mark” than a traditional trademark. Our goal is that the icon be adopted universally by the entire community of people producing and using innovative products and services based on open web syndication formats, and be conceived of as belonging to that community rather than to any one organization. [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-5462 Patent the baby, trademark the bathwater at FactoryCity Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:46:15 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/#comment-5462 [...] So obviously, this points to the discussion I’ve been waging towards the establishment of something akin to the Community Mark idea. It’s not that trademark should necessarily go away; instead it’s about providing a choice when traditional trademark law simply does not make sense and only stands to incense and divide communities — which, ironically, such laws were intended to protect. [...] [...] So obviously, this points to the discussion I’ve been waging towards the establishment of something akin to the Community Mark idea. It’s not that trademark should necessarily go away; instead it’s about providing a choice when traditional trademark law simply does not make sense and only stands to incense and divide communities — which, ironically, such laws were intended to protect. [...]

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