Trademark & Licensing Team
Trademark & Licensing Team
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The Trademark and Licensing team manages defending Joomla-related trademarks and licensing the Joomla Community to use the Joomla! name and brandmark in their domain name and on their websites.
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Date Started
September 2005
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Position
Role
Date Started
Claire Mandville
United Kingdom
Team Leader
Jul 2018
Luca Marzo
Italy
Assistant Team Leader
Trademark Specialist
Oct 2015
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Member
Liaison
Jan 2018
Joomler
Position
Role
Date Started
Date Ended
Jennifer Gress
United States
Contributor
TM Auditor
May 2020
Jun 2023
Djamel Kherbi
Algeria
Contributor
Liaison
Jan 2018
Mar 2021
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Member
Trademark Specialist
Apr 2014
Jan 2021
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Trademark Specialist
Mar 2020
Jan 2021
Jennifer Gress
United States
Member
Trademark Specialist
Aug 2014
May 2020
Ugur Uygur
Turkey
Contributor
TM Auditor
Aug 2017
Oct 2018
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Contributor
TM Auditor
Aug 2017
Oct 2018
Claire Mandville
United Kingdom
Member
TM Auditor
Dec 2017
Jul 2018
Claire Mandville
United Kingdom
Contributor
TM Auditor
Aug 2017
Nov 2017
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Team Leader
May 2014
Jul 2017
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Member
Apr 2016
Dec 2016
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Member
Feb 2014
Dec 2016
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Member
Aug 2014
Aug 2016
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Member
Sep 2015
Jun 2016
Mark W. Bender
Member
Dec 2014
Mar 2016
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Member
Oct 2015
Jan 2016
Crystal Dionysopoulos
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Member
Aug 2014
Oct 2015
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Member
Dec 2014
Sep 2015
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Member
Mar 2014
Aug 2015
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Member
Dec 2014
Aug 2015
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Member
May 2014
Jul 2015
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OSM Liaison
Mar 2014
Jul 2014
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Team Leader
Feb 2010
Feb 2014
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Member
Jan 2008
Dec 2010
Domain Specialist
Handles the domain name requests: grants/suspends licenses.
Support applicants to achieve the compliance.
Update the “approved uses” list.
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Interim Lead
Since the Team Lead stepped down, the Interim Lead will take care of the team until the new TL elections. Major goal is to rebuild internal processes and recruit new team members to populate again the team.
Liaison
Help integration/communication with other specific teams.
Report potential non-compliant uses or ask TM Auditors to verify suspicious uses of the Trademarks.
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TM Auditor
Verifies if a trademark/domain name use is compliant to the policy and to the Joomla! Brand Manual.
Randomly verifies if a licensed use is still compliant.
Take note of the audits and in case of misuses suspend the license.
More information
You
Trademark Specialist
Handles the trademark requests: grants/suspends licenses.
Support applicants to achieve the compliance.
Update the “approved uses” list.
More information
You
Trademark Meeting Notes - May 29, 2020
By
Luca Marzo
on 2020-05-30 17:30 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
Interdepartmental communicationWe have agreed that all Departments that deal with Joomla name sites, such as JUG, JED, Events and JRD, will advise applicants to contact TM for approval and not list sites unless TM approval can be proven. The TM team will not chase applicants to register. It is the...
Read more: Trademark Meeting Notes - May 29, 2020
March 2019 Meeting Notes
By
Claire Mandville
on 2019-03-15 16:45 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
Meeting notes
gTLD/ccTLD clarification Meeting. A meeting was held prior to the general TM meeting and discussion leading to the creation of a new clearer policy document now published at https://www.opensourcematters.org/organisation/directors/policies/263-trademark-policy-tlds.html with...
Read more: March 2019 Meeting Notes
November Report 17/11/18
By
Claire Mandville
on 2018-11-17 00:37 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
Trademark Licensing Team 17 November 2018 Meeting Notes:
Discussion points:
2 Members from the contributor team are leaving, replacements required, roles already advertised on the portal.
The Change of ticket system from Maqma to RStickets and issues found. Ongoing investigations. Migration...
Read more: November Report 17/11/18
Trademark Team Report - October 3, 2017
By
Luca Marzo
on 2017-10-03 17:06 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
This report is to announce the progress of Trademark & Licensing Team, no meeting has been held today.
Progress & Achievements
Ticket System has been splitted into 2 departments: one to deal with new requests of trademark permissions and the other one to deal with existing...
Read more: Trademark Team Report - October 3, 2017
Trademark Team Report - September 15, 2017
By
Luca Marzo
on 2017-09-15 16:54 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
This report is to announce the progress of Trademark & Licensing Team, no meeting has been held today.
Progress & Achievements
A new ticket system has been installed, accessible at https://tm.joomla.org/contact.html. Ticket system change was necessary due to several technical issues of...
Read more: Trademark Team Report - September 15, 2017
Trademark Team Report - August 15, 2017
By
Luca Marzo
on 2017-08-15 14:23 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
This report is to announce the progress of Trademark & Licensing Team, no meeting has been held today.
Progress & Achievements
Jenn Gress and Deb Cinkus are draining down the Ticket queue, processing all the open tickets.
3 volunteers applied after the Call for Volunteers.
Subodh...
Read more: Trademark Team Report - August 15, 2017
Trademark Team Meeting - July 27, 2017
By
Luca Marzo
on 2017-07-27 17:51 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
This Joomla! Trademark & Licensing Team meeting was held on July 27th, 2017 at 07.00 p.m. (CET) on Glip.
Team members
Presents: Luca Marzo, Jenn Gress, Deb Cinkus.
Discussion Outline
Team opened a call for volunteers on Sunday.
Trademark & Licensing Team needs motivated volunteers...
Read more: Trademark Team Meeting - July 27, 2017
Help us building a new Trademark Team
By
Luca Marzo
on 2017-07-23 10:06 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
First of all, we want to say a big Thank you to Marco Richter who served as Team Leader for the Trademark & Licensing Working Group for long time.
Since Marco stepped down as Team Leader, Luca will act temporary as interim team lead in order to rebuild the team, reorganizing the structure and...
Read more: Help us building a new Trademark Team
TLWG Meeting Report - May 04, 2016
By
Luca Marzo
on 2016-05-04 21:04 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
The Joomla! Trademark & Licensing Working Group (TLWG) meets once a month. This meeting was held on May 4th, 2016 at 10.00 p.m. (CET) on Glip.
Team members
Presents: Marco Richter, Marijke Stuivenberg, Luca Marzo, Jenn Gress.
Absents: Deb Cinkus, Duke Speer, Victor Drover, Wilmar...
Read more: TLWG Meeting Report - May 04, 2016
TLWG Meeting Report - April 05, 2016
By
Luca Marzo
on 2016-04-05 21:44 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
The Joomla! Trademark & Licensing Working Group (TLWG) meets once a month. This meeting was held on April 5th, 2016 at 10.00 p.m. (CET) on Glip.
Team members
Presents: Marco Richter, Marijke Stuivenberg, Luca Marzo
Absents: Jenn Gress, Deb Cinkus, Duke Speer, Victor Drover, Wilmar...
Read more: TLWG Meeting Report - April 05, 2016
TLWG Meeting Report - March 09, 2016
By
Luca Marzo
on 2016-03-09 22:05 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
The Joomla! Trademark & Licensing Working Group (TLWG) meets once a month. This meeting was held on March 9th, 2016 on Glip.
Team members
Presents: Marco Richter, Luca Marzo, Marijke Stuivenberg, Wilmar Meijer
Absents: Jenn Gress, Deb Cinkus, Mark Bender, Duke Speer, Victor...
Read more: TLWG Meeting Report - March 09, 2016
January Meeting Report
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on 2015-01-29 00:00 in
Trademark & Licensing Team
Attendees
Jennifer Gress, Crystal Harris, Victor Drover
Location
Skype
Summary
On 12-Jan-2015, the member of the Trademark team met for approximately 1 hour to discuss the status of the new trademark website.
The attendees expressed some concern about communication levels with the trademark...
Read more: January Meeting Report
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The trademark team manages and defends Joomla-related trademarks and licensing on behalf of the Joomla! Community. We want to make sure that the world respects the policies and regulations we have around the use of the Joomla! name and brand mark. For more information check out the Trademark Team website at
The trademark team has a number of roles needing to be filled from team liaisons and license administration to business mentors. Many roles require less than a couple hours per week. No prior experience necessary - we will teach you what you need to know. Contact
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