⬢ Jens Wiechers ⬡ 🇺🇦 Profile picture
📨j@wch.rs 🗣️he/they 💼Dogecoin Foundation 🧑‍💻information security, data science 📚int'l relations, statistics ❤️ISO 8601💜ISO 216💛ISO 3166-1 𝛼-2 & 𝛼-3
Nov 4, 2021 22 tweets 13 min read
@JQT_GalaxE @TheWiseCrow1 I'm actually not the attorney, I just work with them. ;-)

As for the Qs raised: statement actually hasn't been deleted, but seems the link changed when the website was updated recently. It's still under foundation.dogecoin.com -> News.
I'll ask someone to forward the old URL. 1/ @JQT_GalaxE @TheWiseCrow1 Now, regarding trademarks. First of all, much as with copyright, it's *not* necessary to register a TM in order for goodwill to accrue to you due to its use & receive rights to protection, it's just a really good idea as you otherwise risk the sort of situation we're in. 2/
Jul 27, 2021 17 tweets 10 min read
@BillyM2k @JQT_CoinLinked > "Right now the organization isn’t really setup though, it’s just him"

Err, not quite. :S
So what happened back then was, a lot of people worried about i.a. liability for donations, trademarks/copyright, etc. This was shortly before UltraPro LLC licensed the Doge photo from... @BillyM2k @JQT_CoinLinked Kabosu's owner and applied for a trademark for Doge, but the topic had come up before then multiple times re Dogecoin, the logos, etc. So I spoke with several of the developers back then as well as mods from /r/dogecoin, about ways to limit liability and that the most sensible...