[Conferences] Trademark policy for "PyCon" conferences

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On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:34 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at python.org> wrote:

> Dear conference organizers,
>
> the PSF board has recently discussed and voted on a new trademark
> policy for the term "PyCon". Our main intent is to protect the
> name from unwanted third party use for the benefit of the Python
> community. We simply don't want to run into another python.co.uk
> trademark situation:
>
>
> http://pyfound.blogspot.de/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html
>
> We have not yet put this up on the website, but since the question
> has come up, I'd like to share it with you via email as upfront info:
>
> """
>
> "PyCon" Trademark Policy
> ------------------------
>
> In order to protect the term "PyCon" against unwanted or misleading
> use by third parties, the PSF claims the term “PyCon” as a trademark
> worldwide for conference activities. The PSF is additionally pursuing
> registration of the mark in various jurisdictions.
>
> It is the policy of the Python Software Foundation to allow the use
> of "PyCon" for conferences that focus on Python the programming
> language, have adopted a code of conduct compatible with that of the
> PSF, and allow anyone to attend the conference subject to a
> reasonable conference fee. Use of the trademark is subject to
> approval by the PSF trademarks committee (write to
> psf-trademarks at python.org).
>
> The PSF may update this policy from time to time. Updates will be
> published and announced by the PSF.
>
>
> PyCon Conferences Around the World
> -----------------------------------
>
> PyCon conferences are community-led and community-focused gatherings
> of Python programmers around the world. Want to start a PyCon in your
> own country? Contact us! We want to help.
>
> The following are authorized PyCon community conferences:
>
>     "Kiwi PyCon", "PyCon NZ" in New Zealand
>     "PyCon Asia Pacific", "PyCon APAC" in Asia
>     "PyCon AR", "PyCon Argentina" in Argentina
>     "PyCon AU", "PyCon Australia"  in Australia
>     "PyCon CA", "PyCon Canada" in Canada
>     "PyCon CH", "PyCon China" in China
>     "PyCon DE" in Germany
>     "PyCon ES", "PyCon España", "PyCon Spain" in Spain
>     "PyCon FI", "PyCon Finland" in Finland
>     "PyCon FR", "PyCon France" in France
>     "PyCon IN", "PyCon India" in India
>     "PyCon IR", "PyCon Iran" in Iran
>     "PyCon IE", "PyCon Ireland" in Ireland
>     "PyCon IT", "PyCon Italia" in Italy
>     "PyCon JP", "PyCon Japan" in Japan
>     "PyCon MY", "PyCon Malaysia" in Malaysia
>     "PyCon PH", "PyCon Philippines" in the Philippines
>     "PyCon PL", "PyCon Poland" in Poland
>     "PyCon RU", "PyCon Russia" in Russia
>     "PyCon SG", "PyCon Singapore" in Singapore
>     "PyCon SE", "PyCon Sweden" in Sweden
>     "PyCon TW", "PyCon Taiwan" in Taiwan
>     "PyCon UK" in the United Kingdom
>     "UA PyCon", "PyCon Ukraine", "PyCon UA" in Ukraine
>     “PyCon US” in the United States
>     "PyCon UY", "PyCon Uruguay" in Uruguay
>     "PyCon VE", "PyCon Venezuela" in Venezuela
>     "PyCon ZA", "PyCon South Africa" in South Africa
>
> If we have forgotten a national or regional PyCon conference
> in this list or have used the wrong naming, please write to
> the PSF trademark committee for approval.
>


Hi to all, great news for this, so here in Ecuador we are working hard to
get our first (unofficial by now) PyCon next year  so i will write to PSF
trademark for approval of "PyCon EC", "PyCon Ecuador" in Ecuador.

Regards !

>
> It is also possible to use a pycon.org sub-domain as home
> for the conference. Please write to webmaster at pycon.org to
> request a sub-domain.
>
> """
>
> As you can see, we have tried to grandfather all existing
> PyCon conferences that we could find and are aware of into
> the resolution.
>
> If you have questions, please let me know.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Marc-Andre Lemburg
> Director
> Python Software Foundation
> http://www.python.org/psf/
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