# Notice of Formal Termination of the ECC/ZF Trademark Agreement

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/notice-of-formal-termination-of-the-ecc-zf-trademark-agreement/48492>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Created:** [August 9, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/notice-of-formal-termination-of-the-ecc-zf-trademark-agreement/48492 "2024-08-09T18:46:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/notice-of-formal-termination-of-the-ecc-zf-trademark-agreement/48492/16 "2024-11-14T16:38:17Z")

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Part of the logic for keeping some rights to the TM is for sites like: [Probably SCAM https://zcashwallet.net/ Attention!](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/probably-scam-https-zcashwallet-net-attention/48944)

If someone holds the TM then they have the ability to file disputes with sketchy domains hosts/registrars to have them removed.

Or to prevent someone from making Zcashclassic, Zcash2, realZcash, liteZcash, Zcash\_token, etc… and causing public confusion. In that case a TM can be filed with an exchange to prevent listing or other disputes against domains filed as mentioned above.

So in that regard I support having _some sort_ of TM in place to prevent abuse, but I believe Josh is seeking some sort of assurance that it won’t be used to influence Zcash governance decisions.

I don’t know how TMs work enough to know how/if that kind of clause is possible. Most of time, as with copyright, it’s all or nothing and you must regularly enforce TM or you risk losing it.

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