Re: About the usage of a logo

On 9 May 2011, at 10:18 AM, Mikaël DELSOL wrote:

> I just realize that "w3c" is causing you problems but I don't want to generate any conflict with the official W3C website and I would prefere not to disable my domain name as I just bought it. If you'd like, I can add a mention that indicates the non-officiality of my website ?

W3C is a registered trademark and thus having it in domain name that relates to work that W3C does but that is not a W3C property is problematic.

For the moment, your site seems only to call the W3C validator and to use W3C's name (e.g,. title of your page is "W3C HTML Validator" even though your site is not the W3C validator).

I would need to understand better what you wish to accomplish in order to grant permissions to use the logo.

For the moment, the W3C trademark is not being used in a way that I can support.

Ian

> 
> best regards
> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:
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> On 9 May 2011, at 7:31 AM, Mikaël DELSOL wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I juste launched a new website located here : http://www.w3c-html-validator..com/. You'll find every information about this website on the homepage.
> >
> > What I want to know is if the usage of the logo at this kind of page : http://www.w3c-html-validator.com/Validate-a-webpage/www.750g.com/root si OK for you and if it respects the rules of usage for this icon.
> >
> > Any way, let me know if you have any questions or suggestions, I'll be glade.
> 
> Hello Mikael,
> 
> Thank you for writing. I have a number of concerns about your use of "w3c", including the domain name and the title of the sample page.
> 
> Please do not use the W3C name and logo for this service, which I believe is likely to cause confusion.
> 
> I am happy to discuss alternative with you.
> 
> Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications
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> >
> > Best regards.
> 
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