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[Clemens Koller <cko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2018-04-16 07:33, Mark Roszko wrote:
>> "No national law applies" could be either difficult or beneficial for KiCad in the case of an infringement.
> 
> That doesn't prevent CERN's right as an entity to assert trademark claims in any country where they registered as an entity and claimed trademarks via applications.
> The same way me as an American can go register trademarks in Europe. They can do the same. The statement on wiki is more related to other legal jurisdiction issues.
> CERN already holds a few trademarks and they have a legal team as they are quite large....so best to assume they know what they are doing. (Not that one can't ask other lawyers)

Thank you for your clarification.
Propably it's just good to ask their legal team what they suggest in KiCad's case.

Clemens