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schestowitz[safe to publish now:]Jun 21 23:12
schestowitzYou do a huge amount of work so I'll save you the trouble of reading theJun 21 23:12
schestowitz567 pages of PDFJun 21 23:12
schestowitzThe WIPO deadline is 13 JuneJun 21 23:13
schestowitzOn 8 June, the Swiss trademark office granted the trademark "Debian" toJun 21 23:13
schestowitzthe Software Freedom Institute.  I did that right under their noses.Jun 21 23:13
schestowitzDebian paid $4,000 to WIPO and who knows what for the lawyer, probablyJun 21 23:13
schestowitznot less than GBP 10k.  Their claim makes assertions about their rightsJun 21 23:13
schestowitzin the US and EU but the Swiss trademark system is not in the EU.  ItJun 21 23:13
schestowitzseems their expensive lawyer didn't realize that.Jun 21 23:13
schestowitzI paid CHF 950 to the Swiss trademark officeJun 21 23:13
schestowitzLucky I read Techrights, thank youJun 21 23:13
schestowitzPlease don't say anything yet, watch to see if they notice it first.  IfJun 21 23:13
schestowitzthey are really stupid the lawyer will read the whole document fromJun 21 23:13
schestowitzstart to finish, charge them for the hours and then tell them the bad news.Jun 21 23:13
schestowitzThere is a whole bunch of stuff there that could torpedo their USJun 21 23:13
schestowitztrademark and their reputation at the same time.Jun 21 23:13
schestowitzIf you want you can join the Debian Swiss online AGM, it is today,Jun 21 23:13
schestowitzSunday afternoon, it could be an interesting Techrights video if youJun 21 23:13
schestowitzjump in and tell them who owns the Debian trademark nowJun 21 23:13
schestowitzhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-switzerland/2022/05/msg00000.htmlJun 21 23:13
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-lists.debian.org | Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022 invitation - Sun 2022-06-12, 17:00 CEST online via JitsiJun 21 23:13
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