HTML5 bus

#1

Post by bchelli » Fri, Oct 12, 2018, 3:24 PM UTC

HTML5 bus
superbusinc.com

Re: HTML5 bus

#2

Post by bchelli » Fri, Oct 12, 2018, 3:30 PM UTC

I was surprised this morning when I saw this bus in the streets of NYC. https://ibb.co/bNOJ8p

Is this even something that is legal to use a CC Creative content and make it your own company brand?

Thanks,

Re: HTML5 bus

#3

Post by nabla9 » Fri, Oct 12, 2018, 3:52 PM UTC

bchelli wrote: post #2

I was surprised this morning when I saw this bus in the streets of NYC. https://ibb.co/bNOJ8p Is this even something that is legal to use a CC Creative content and make it your own company brand? Thanks,

Unlike copyright, you must actively protect a trademark or you lose the rights. If W3C is not legally challenging the Superbus, they will lose trademark claims for the html5 logo.

It's not clear if the html5 logos is W3C trademark. They dont' list it anywhere as such and provide very permissive license.

Re: HTML5 bus

#4

Post by bchelli » Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 1:40 PM UTC

nabla9 wrote: post #3

bchelli wrote: post #2

I was surprised this morning when I saw this bus in the streets of NYC. https://ibb.co/bNOJ8p Is this even something that is legal to use a CC Creative content and make it your own company brand? Thanks,

Unlike copyright, you must actively protect a trademark or you lose the rights. If W3C is not legally challenging the Superbus, they will lose trademark claims for the html5 logo. It's not clear if the html5 logos is W3C trademark. They dont' list it anywhere as such and provide very permissive license.

Thanks for the answer