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Re: Answers to questions raised about registering the Debian Logo as our trademark



On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta@brandorr.com> wrote:

> 4) What is the impact of registering in the US only?
> A: We would still only have Common law protection in those countries
> we don't register the logo. We'd gain no benefit in those
> jurisdictions, but it wouldn't hurt us either. However, being that
> getting a registration in the US is a prerequisite for applying for
> international registration, this is largely an academic distinction.

As an additional data point, all the modified logos and other weird
uses that are currently logged have been outside the US.


Richard


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