Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany
by Roritharr on Friday May 03, 2013 @01:23PM
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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
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And the earth is flat.
Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany
by unreal37 on Friday May 03, 2013 @12:13PM
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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
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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
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Call it Distrupathon
I've already contacted a few fellow organizers to find out what we can do about this.