<div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Even if we go through the Trade Mark process, would that or force or otherwise prevent other organizations that use "ISOC" as an acronym to stop using the same acronym? I mentioned it somewhere four years ago that a search for ISOC pulls up various results including that of Islamic Society and various other organizations. Searched today for ISOC, found listings of various organizations including that of the Islamic Society of Cambridge <a href="http://www.isoc.co.uk">www.isoc.co.uk</a> and organizations such as International School of Communication ...<a href="http://www.isoc.com/">www.isoc.com/</a><br><br>I would rather emphasize that the identity of the Organization as "Internet Society" is preserved well. But then, we have a Stanford Center for Internet AND Society as well as a Center for Internet AND Society....</font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline">Sivasubramanian M</div></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline">Internet Society India Chennai</div><br></font><div class="" style="max-width:42em;color:rgb(84,84,84);line-height:18px"><span class="" style="line-height:1.4;word-wrap:break-word"></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Vint Cerf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vint@google.com" target="_blank">vint@google.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">+1 John<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>v</div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 7:57 AM, JOHN MORE <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morej1@mac.com" target="_blank">morej1@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Trademark registration is not an annual requirement. So your economics are not correct. <span><font color="#888888"><br><br>John More</font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><div>ISOC-DC<br><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div></font></span><div><div><div><br>On Feb 23, 2016, at 7:31 AM, Narelle Clark <<a href="mailto:narelle@isoc-au.org.au" target="_blank">narelle@isoc-au.org.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>My personal opinion is that we should register when chapters emerge and the chapter should own it. Also when strategic reasons come about. Otherwise we'd have to spend $1000 per year × 193 UN nations (+ a few extra) + misc costs... and I'd rather see that go on local education, connectivity, consumer protection...<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Narelle <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:54 Carlos Vera Quintana <<a href="mailto:cveraq@gmail.com" target="_blank">cveraq@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>It should be interesting if ISOC prevent future IP rights violations in those countries where this does not happen yet. Registering the brand-name-slogan-logo is a first step.</div><div><br></div><div>Carlos Vera<br><div>Carlos Vera Quintana<div>0988141143</div><div>Sígueme @cveraq</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>
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