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clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 11:46:39 EDT clacke

> On Thursday, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB) dismissed SFLC's claim of fraud against Conservancy, as we predicted.

Good. Good.

> We continue steadfast in our previous position: the entire matter remains a waste of resources for both organizations, and SFLC should do the honorable and right thing and simply withdraw their complaint.

Indeed.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/apr/30/sflc-trademark-4/
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  Update on Trademark Action (Fraud Claim Dismissed, New Filing)
  
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  As per our commitment to transparency, here's a brief update on the trademark action we have discussed previously.On Thursday, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB) dismissed SFLC's claim of fraud against Conservancy, as we predicted.This sensible ruling is just the next step of many; the suit will proceed at the usual near-glacial pace of litigation. On Friday, we moved to the next procedural step, which is to ask the TTAB to allow us to update our answer as planned.
1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 12:14:06 EDT lnxw48a1
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  @clacke I still think FOSS funders (individuals and organizations) should defund SFLC until they purge themselves of this idea and the people who backed it.
  
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  1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 12:29:42 EDT clacke
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    @lnxw48a1 I'm not sure who is funding them. I'm guessing it's mainly the Linux Foundation.
    
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2. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 12:31:26 EDT clacke
  in reply to
  
  Law Center's view of four months ago:
  
  http://softwarefreedom.org/blog/2017/dec/22/conservancy/
  
  In conversation Saturday, 05-May-2018 12:31:26 EDT from social.heldscal.la permalink
  1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 12:55:45 EDT clacke
    in reply to
    
    Conservancy's reply at the time:
    
    https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2017/dec/30/quick-update-trademark/
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      Quick update on Trademark Matter
      
      from Software Freedom Conservancy
      
      We've promised transparency, and we're committed to it even when the news is annoying for us. If this proceeding weren't such a waste of time and resources, I might even be fascinated by the twists and turns that are inherent in litigation and are often new to me as a non-lawyer.The current primary issue is that SFLC has sought to amend their initial petition with the TTAB to add a claim on fraud. Their claim is that Software Freedom Conservancy shouldn't have been allowed to register our trademark because we were aware of the SFLC trademark registration. As Karen and I stated briefly before, these claims are baseless.
    1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 12:57:04 EDT clacke
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      Ah no, the direct reply is rather https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2017/dec/22/sflc-escalation/ .
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      SFLC: Escalation Disguised as “Settlement Offer”
      
      from Software Freedom Conservancy
      
      Conservancy stands by our motion for summary judgment to dismiss Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC)'s petition to cancel our trademark. This remains the most resource-efficient way to dispense with SFLC's unwarranted attacks. We have received their latest escalation, disguised as a “peaceful settlement” offer. Instead of deescalating today, SFLC added inflammatory accusations against Conservancy and its employees. Obviously, we did not commit fraud; our legal counsel, Pam Chestek, has advised us that SFLC's fraud allegation is “unequivocally unfounded”. We will not let them further waste our time.

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