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Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by thomasbachem on Friday May 03, 2013 @01:53PM (#5651505)
Their official blog post and explanation: http://www.young-targets.com/formation-of-tech_hub-started/

There's a pretty big discussion/shitstorm going on in the Berlin Startups Facebook group.

The trademark owners claim that they want to use the licensing fees to support non-commercial events, quotation: "I think it's worth trying. If not, there sure will be other ways to finance non-commercial projects. I any cases it's better that it's a trademark of a non-commercial project, than of some cease-and-desist law firm."

I totally disagree with that whole idea though. Makes us Germans look ridiculous :-).

Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by thomasbachem on Friday May 03, 2013 @02:03PM (#5651592)
Re:"Hackathon" Has Been Trademarked in Germany by NicoleSimon on Friday May 03, 2013 @02:33PM (#5651747)
The discussion can be found here https://www.facebook.com/groups/159595270791268/permalink/44...

with the guy in charge. (You need to join the group to see the discussion)