Comments on: Patent the baby, trademark the bathwater http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: kosmar http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-8267 kosmar Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:51:37 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-8267 oh, i missed that there is already a <a href="http://www.hecker.org/mozilla/feed-icon-guidelines" rel="nofollow">guideline proposal</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8267','kosmar'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8267','kosmar','oh, i missed that there is already a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hecker.org\/mozilla\/feed-icon-guidelines\" rel=\"nofollow\">guideline proposal<\/a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> oh, i missed that there is already a guideline proposal
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]]> By: NoteMe http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-6769 NoteMe Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:27:51 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-6769 Looks like they just reintroduced it..:) http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6769','NoteMe'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6769','NoteMe','Looks like they just reintroduced it..:)\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/my.opera.com\/desktopteam\/blog\/'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Looks like they just reintroduced it..:)

http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/

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]]> By: kosmar http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5685 kosmar Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:06:44 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5685 i see the responsibility point. and a responsible community would surely be a good entity to control. wikipedia shows that you still need admin people to make decisions, right? a CM would still need an explanation or rule to what it is intended to mean or do, and someone/ a community to define that. just to avoid confusion or misuse. no need to overreglement (is that a word?), though, but something like a RFC could work in the end.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5685','kosmar'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5685','kosmar','i see the responsibility point. and a responsible community would surely be a good entity to control. wikipedia shows that you still need admin people to make decisions, right? a CM would still need an explanation or rule to what it is intended to mean or do, and someone\/ a community to define that. just to avoid confusion or misuse. no need to overreglement (is that a word?), though, but something like a RFC could work in the end.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> i see the responsibility point. and a responsible community would surely be a good entity to control. wikipedia shows that you still need admin people to make decisions, right? a CM would still need an explanation or rule to what it is intended to mean or do, and someone/ a community to define that. just to avoid confusion or misuse. no need to overreglement (is that a word?), though, but something like a RFC could work in the end.
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]]> By: FactoryJoe http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5658 FactoryJoe Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:29:16 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5658 Kosmar: the "community" in Community Mark refers to both the intentional <em>use</em> of the mark as well as who would <em>enforce</em> it. A "commons mark" leaves it unclear who would do the protecting of the correct or proper usage of the mark -- since you'd ultimately face the tragedy of said commons when no one is left particularly responsible.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5658','FactoryJoe'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5658','FactoryJoe','Kosmar: the \"community\" in Community Mark refers to both the intentional <em>use<\/em> of the mark as well as who would <em>enforce<\/em> it. A \"commons mark\" leaves it unclear who would do the protecting of the correct or proper usage of the mark -- since you\'d ultimately face the tragedy of said commons when no one is left particularly responsible.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Kosmar: the “community” in Community Mark refers to both the intentional use of the mark as well as who would enforce it. A “commons mark” leaves it unclear who would do the protecting of the correct or proper usage of the mark — since you’d ultimately face the tragedy of said commons when no one is left particularly responsible.
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]]> By: kosmar http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5646 kosmar Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:54:07 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5646 an icon does not identify a trade or a brand. that why it cant be a TM anyway. CM is an idea i dig. though id call it commonmark instead and connect it to a fixed CC to keep it connected to some semi-established system. well basically.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5646','kosmar'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5646','kosmar','an icon does not identify a trade or a brand. that why it cant be a TM anyway. CM is an idea i dig. though id call it commonmark instead and connect it to a fixed CC to keep it connected to some semi-established system. well basically.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> an icon does not identify a trade or a brand. that why it cant be a TM anyway. CM is an idea i dig. though id call it commonmark instead and connect it to a fixed CC to keep it connected to some semi-established system. well basically.
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]]> By: NetWizard's Blog http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5504 NetWizard's Blog Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:16:34 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5504 <strong>Input Needed for a Story on Mozilla's RSS Icon and Licensing...</strong> I am currently writing an follow-up full length article for OperaWatch on the Mozilla's RSS icon and its licensing. Unlike the previous OperaWatch story, this story is focused less on the Opera/Mozilla interaction and more on the actual RSS icon,......<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5504','NetWizard\'s Blog'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5504','NetWizard\'s Blog','<strong>Input Needed for a Story on Mozilla\'s RSS Icon and Licensing...<\/strong>\n\nI am currently writing an follow-up full length article for OperaWatch on the Mozilla\'s RSS icon and its licensing. Unlike the previous OperaWatch story, this story is focused less on the Opera\/Mozilla interaction and more on the actual RSS icon,......'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Input Needed for a Story on Mozilla’s RSS Icon and Licensing…

I am currently writing an follow-up full length article for OperaWatch on the Mozilla’s RSS icon and its licensing. Unlike the previous OperaWatch story, this story is focused less on the Opera/Mozilla interaction and more on the actual RSS icon,……

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]]> By: Chetan http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5465 Chetan Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:14:52 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/06/13/patent-the-baby-trademark-the-bathwater/#comment-5465 What an idiotic idea? If there's so much an itch to tell the world that they invented this icon, it could be done in a more civilized manner---like a Wikipedia entry. Patent, copyright logos---by Mozilla? Beginning of suck-age?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5465','Chetan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5465','Chetan','What an idiotic idea? If there\'s so much an itch to tell the world that they invented this icon, it could be done in a more civilized manner---like a Wikipedia entry. Patent, copyright logos---by Mozilla? Beginning of suck-age?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> What an idiotic idea? If there’s so much an itch to tell the world that they invented this icon, it could be done in a more civilized manner—like a Wikipedia entry. Patent, copyright logos—by Mozilla? Beginning of suck-age?
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