Questions & Answers - Trademarks & OSMF

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The purpose of the presentation is to provide interested parties with a basic explanation of what trademark law is and how the OSMF trademark policy works. (https://2020.stateofthemap.org/sessions/JYWQX3/)

Speech link:

Trademark policy: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_Policy
Trademark FAQ: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_Policy_FAQ
Map quickly licensing status: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/SOTM_Quick_Licence
Project permit and application domain grandfather: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Project_Licence_and_Domain_Grandfathering_Application

You can contact the OSMF Law/Licensing Working Group at trademarks@osmfoundation.org to resolve trademark issues.

You can also find me on Twitter at @kathleenthelaw

Trademark and OSMF issues

You mentioned the need for a license for “www.OSMmirror.com” - to give a well-known example, does this apply to OSMand, and if so, what is the current situation? - Richard F
1. Thank you very much!
What about visual markers (logos)?
Do you mean derivatives or real logos?
1. The real logo.
  1. In particular, don’t confuse visually appealing attributions.

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If you have one of these openstreetmap.something domain names and would like the OSMF to transfer it an pay for it, or the OSMF owns it and you’d like to do something with it, please email operations@osmfoundation.org