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Trademark policy/Comparison chart

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Trademark policy comparison
2009 policy new draft policy
origin policy Mozilla trademark policy Community consultation
presentation follow Visual Identity Guidelines
creating remixes

on projects

abbreviations & combinations

on projects

translating the marks

(unless allowed by a Chapter Agreement)

on projects

trademark notice & symbol notice and symbol required only notice or symbol required
high resolution images
use of marks without permission
on the projects not covered
Community Logo license necessary

to show membership in the Wikimedia community

community-focused events license necessary
outreach (incl. edit-a-thons and educational materials) license necessary
fair use & nominative use

briefly mentioned

fully explained & broadly interpreted

news reporting not covered
personal blogs & social media not covered

if not confusing

artistic, scientific, literary, other non-commercial uses

some allowed

fully explained

links to Wikimedia projects
use on things that are not sold

excluding high-resolution copies

fully allowed

use of marks with a license
GLAM license necessary Wikilicense
photo contests license necessary Wikilicense
hackathons license necessary Wikilicense
other events & conferences license necessary
domain names & email addresses license necessary
publications, movies, merchandise license necessary
prohibited uses
mimicking sites
links to non-Wikimedia projects
misrepresentation