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diff --git a/archive/2022-06-21-trademark-registration-notes b/archive/2022-06-21-trademark-registration-notes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c5e511 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/2022-06-21-trademark-registration-notes @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# Trademark registration + +Notes on trademark registration for Sigsum: + + - Purpose: protect users, e.g., we don't want users to mistakenly download + malicious tooling from zigsum.org. Such threats can now be combatted. + - Purpose: defensive, prevents someone else from doing a trademark + registration that could potentially give us trouble. + - Scope: "checksum", "signed checksum", and "time" with verbs like + "publishing", "verifying", and "checking". + - Scope: class 9 (software) and class 42 (services). + +We had some discussion regarding including or excluding class 42. If we do not +trademark register this, our lawyer explained that someone else could. This +would be a threat towards our own and others operations of Sigsum services. + +The Tor Project has a more [lengthy text][] about trademark registration that +matches our motivation, intent, and goals. + +The proposed decision is to go ahead and trademark register based on the above. + +[lengthy text]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220530012234/https://www.torproject.org/about/trademark/ |