Who Still Worries About "The Great Second Life Trademark Kerfuffle of 2008"?
In a recent post on her consistently witty blog, Kit Meredith reminds us of two things: several months ago, the Second Life user community experienced some not insignificant tumult over the Lindens' new (and confusing) trademark policies, which had a ninety day grace period. And though that three month respite has passed weeks ago, there doesn't seem to be much turmoil or urgency over the issue, from either the Residents or the Lindens. (OK, there's some.) An intellectual property lawyer in real life, Kit has some uniquely pertinent thoughts on what happens next.
Image credit: kitmeredith.blogspot.com
The other big "what ever happened to" flop is age verification. What ever happened with that? Basically we all refused to verify. End of story.
Princess Ivory
Posted by: Princess Ivory | Friday, July 25, 2008 at 03:43 PM
That SL Brand guy seems to be overreacting a little. The letter that LL sent out was pretty mild for a cease and desist letter.
Posted by: Gigs | Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 01:45 AM
It's something to keep in mind, if nothing else. Once they finally clarified most of what they wanted (there's still a few hazy spots), it was simplicity to jig the top end of my blog to comply. I would go along with Kit's analysis that they might be overreaching somewhat on their Terms of Service requirement, but I have the registered mark on the blog as a courtesy, if nothing else.
Posted by: Harper Ganesvoort | Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 06:22 AM
I've changed most of my sites over... SLTrivia.com is now GogomodoTrivia.com, SLGuide.com is becoming VWMedia.net; it was a pretty annoying process to try to maintain backwards compatibility.
Regards,
-Flip
Posted by: FlipperPA Peregrine | Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 09:09 AM