[hackerspaces] MAKErspace.com releases Playbook and updated Tools documents

[Eric Stein]

I'm curious where anyone is even seeing that "Makerspace" has been
trademarked by O'Reilly.  I looked at makerspace.com and didn't see a
trademark notice anywhere.

Eric

On 05/02/2012 08:01 PM, Sam Ley wrote:
> I wouldn't worry about it, the term is too generic to solidly
> trademark (well, you can trademark anything - its the enforcement that
> is the trick).
>
> -Sam
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Michel Gallant <sfxman at gmail.com
> <mailto:sfxman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     It seems fine now, but wait until Oracle buys them in five years
>     an starts enforcing their trademarks ;)
>
>
>     On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Rose White <rose at yarnivore.com
>     <mailto:rose at yarnivore.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Sean,
>
>         You'll have to ask O'Reilly to be sure, but I did notice this
>         language
>         in the post: "Eventually, we’d like both of these documents to
>         exist
>         online in a form via which we can all freely contribute to the
>         information and refine what we have learned about running
>         Makerspaces."
>
>         My hope is that they do intend this project as collaborative
>         and not
>         potentially punitive.
>
>         Rose
>
>         On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Sean Bonner
>         <sean at seanbonner.com <mailto:sean at seanbonner.com>> wrote:
>         >
>         > Not me, I have a hackerspace.
>         >
>         > I know people working on other spaces and have been calling
>         them makerspaces and want to know if I should advise them to
>         use some other term
>         >
>         > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Al Jigong Billings
>         <albill at openbuddha.com <mailto:albill at openbuddha.com>> wrote:
>         >>
>         >> I'm sure you can use it as long as you don't mind DARPA
>         funding and don't piss anyone off.
>         >>
>         >> --
>         >> Al Jigong Billings
>         >> http://www.openbuddha.com
>         >>
>         >> On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Sean Bonner wrote:
>         >>
>         >> Is O'Reilly laying claim to the "Makerspace" term now? What
>         I mean is, if someone is setting up a space and has been
>         calling it a Makerspace, should they think of a new term so as
>         not to run afoul of trademarks and whatnot?
>         >>
>         >>
>         >>
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