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

[Sean Bonner]

I didn't say trademarked, I said laying claim.

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On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Eric Stein <toba at des.truct.org> wrote:

>  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> 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> 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> 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> 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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>>> >
>>> >
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