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Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by Roritharr on Friday May 03, 2013 @10:50AM (#5650351)
I've organized a few hackathons in Germany and am pretty disgusted by finding this.

I've already contacted a few fellow organizers to find out what we can do about this.

Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by Roritharr on Friday May 03, 2013 @01:23PM (#5651307)
I've just heard through the grapevine that this was created as a protective trademark, to prevent the exact thing we're afraid was going to happen. An official statement from the CEO of the company will follow soon.
Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by NicoleSimon on Friday May 03, 2013 @02:38PM (#5651783)
And the earth is flat.
Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by unreal37 on Friday May 03, 2013 @12:13PM (#5650843)
Doesn't a trademark have the same rules of a patent, i.e. "prior art"?

Don't do anything. Let the company try and stop you.

Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by Roritharr on Friday May 03, 2013 @01:29PM (#5651347)
In Germany they could stop me with a cease and desist i'd be court ordered to stop organizing an event until i can prove his claim wrong.

But as i've mentioned in my other post, this won't happen, it seems the good guys trademarked it.

Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by addandsubtract on Friday May 03, 2013 @11:20AM (#5650547)
Call it Distrupathon