All;
The Trustees of the IETF Trust have voted an intent to renounce (abandon) the
“IETF Secretariat”
trademark, but before taking any action they desire to hear from the community.
Specifically:
It is the Trustees’ intent to:
1. Not renew the “IETF Secretariat” trademark, Registration 3860848, in the
European Community
at an approximate cost of $5,000 USD for a ten-year period when due on May 28,
2014, and
thereby renounce the trademark as having no foreseeable future value in
accordance with Article 7.1a
of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement,
<http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html>.
The trademark has no foreseeable future value as the “IETF” trademark is
registered in the European
Community and its use with Secretariat is protected.
2. Not renew the “IETF Secretariat” trademark, Registration 2392833, in the
United States at an unknown
future cost when the trademark expires on October 10, 2020, and thereby
renounce the trademark as
having no foreseeable future value in accordance with Article 7.1a of the
Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement, <http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html>. The trademark
has no foreseeable
future value as the “IETF” trademark is registered in the United States and its
use with Secretariat is
protected.
Authority:
The Trustees have the authority to renounce the trademark in accordance with
Article 7.1a of the
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement after consulting with the Beneficiary.
<http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html>
This Article states in relevant part:
"the Trustees may, after due consultation with the Beneficiary, dispose of,
assign, sell, transfer,
renounce, convey or terminate Trust Assets that are of no current or
foreseeable future value to
the Beneficiary and which require the expenditure of funds to retain.This
exception does not
include RFCs.”
The purpose of this announcement is to begin the consultation with the
Beneficiary, the IETF
Community. This thirty (30) day comment period expires on 5 May 2014. The
Trustees will consider
the Community input before making a decision whether to renounce the “IETF
Secretariat” trademark
or not.
Your feedback is appreciated.
Thanks
Ray Pelletier
IETF Administrative Director
Trustee
IETF Trust