Dave Crocker <dhc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2014-04-004 11:11:10 -0700]:
On 4/4/2014 11:00 AM, IETF Administrative Director wrote:The Trustees of the IETF Trust have voted an intent to renounce (abandon) the “IETF Secretariat” trademark,It sounds as if this will open the door to my being able to advertise myself as the IETF Secretariat. Or even the ITU's being able to. Yes?
IAAL: Anyone can do that already. One must remember that trademarks are granted on a class-wise basis.
A trademark for IETF (or IETF Secretariat) can simultaneously belong to multiple companies and organization as long as they are for different classes (of goods and services).
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