Comments on: Abuse of Ubuntu logo in Chile

By: andif

andif — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:39:42 +0000

ehhm good logo

By: Tiago Faria

Tiago Faria — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:05:46 +0000

“I love how you hotlinked the logo, and how Convoca then corrected the problem, making the fix appear right in your original blog post. Now it looks like you were just imagining things…”

Ohhh, OK. Explained then … I read all comments and didn’t see anyone going: What? It has nothing to do with Ubuntu

Good to see it was resolved.

By: Martin Rehn

Martin Rehn — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:03:23 +0000

Fixed!

I love how you hotlinked the logo, and how Convoca then corrected the problem, making the fix appear right in your original blog post. Now it looks like you were just imagining things…

Seems like this was resolved in a good way, then.

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:27:43 +0000

Lawyers are in fact the best people to handle this.

Obviously, they won’t barge into the doors with lawsuits ready…

By: Joseph James Frantz

Joseph James Frantz — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:40:34 +0000

The fact that folks are offering advice against copyright infringement demonstrates that you should not listen to their advice. This is not a copyright case. It is about trademark. The laws dealing with each are significantly different. What you are allowed to do with one, you are not allowed to do with the other.

Incorporating the ubuntu logo, owned by Canonical (likely) can appear to give Canonical’s support to the company. This is precisely what trademark law was designed to prevent.

Please, if you are unfamiliar with the difference between copyrights, and trademarks, withhold your comments, they’re likely to have no legal standing.

Contact Canonical and let them handle it.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:11:48 +0000

Copyright infringement is a legal matter, and trademark policing is necessary. Lawyers != fighting, but there is a certain legal procedure that needs to be followed to make sure everything happens smoothly. No one said call a lawyer, they said to let the copyright holder know so that they can handle it. That’s the correct advice.

By: jci

jci — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:06:43 +0000

WE DON’T NEED NO LAWYERS!

My advice : warn both parts about copyright infringement.

By: Rob J. Caskey

Rob J. Caskey — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:13:31 +0000

As a team you shouldn’t do anything. Inform Canonical via email and let them police their trademark.

By: Joseph James Frantz

Joseph James Frantz — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:11:27 +0000

Simon, finally a voice of reason in these cases. Folks always think they are the ones that should do something. Inform Canonical, and if they aren’t jerks, they will have their lawyer send a friendly message to the company.

By: Sympy

Sympy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:10:07 +0000

I agree with simon. Talking before fighting is always a good procedure. And is a particularly efficient procedure when the talking involves something like “you know, they guy behind the company that might sue you is a guy rich enough to travel to space, so can you figure out with which lawyers you’ll be dealing with?”