An english interpretation would be helpful ... I think this is saying is that "IETF Secretariat" is not needed because we have "IETF" as a registered trademark (and thus "IETF Secretariat" remains prtected)? On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, IETF Administrative Director wrote: > All; > > The Trustees of the IETF Trust have voted an intent to renounce (abandon) the ?IETF Secretariat? > trademark, but before taking any action they desire to hear from the community. > > Specifically: > > It is the Trustees? intent to: > > 1. Not renew the ?IETF Secretariat? trademark, Registration 3860848, in the European Community > at an approximate cost of $5,000 USD for a ten-year period when due on May 28, 2014, and > thereby renounce the trademark as having no foreseeable future value in accordance with Article 7.1a > of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, <http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html>. > The trademark has no foreseeable future value as the ?IETF? trademark is registered in the European > Community and its use with Secretariat is protected. > > 2. Not renew the ?IETF Secretariat? trademark, Registration 2392833, in the United States at an unknown > future cost when the trademark expires on October 10, 2020, and thereby renounce the trademark as > having no foreseeable future value in accordance with Article 7.1a of the Amended and Restated Trust > Agreement, <http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html>. The trademark has no foreseeable > future value as the ?IETF? trademark is registered in the United States and its use with Secretariat is > protected. > > Authority: > > The Trustees have the authority to renounce the trademark in accordance with Article 7.1a of the > Amended and Restated Trust Agreement after consulting with the Beneficiary. > <http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html> > > This Article states in relevant part: > "the Trustees may, after due consultation with the Beneficiary, dispose of, assign, sell, transfer, > renounce, convey or terminate Trust Assets that are of no current or foreseeable future value to > the Beneficiary and which require the expenditure of funds to retain.This exception does not > include RFCs.? > > The purpose of this announcement is to begin the consultation with the Beneficiary, the IETF > Community. This thirty (30) day comment period expires on 5 May 2014. The Trustees will consider > the Community input before making a decision whether to renounce the ?IETF Secretariat? trademark > or not. > > Your feedback is appreciated. > > Thanks > Ray Pelletier > IETF Administrative Director > Trustee > IETF Trust >