Proposal to seek legal advice on opening up Zcash Trademarks to royalty-free commercial use

[Shawn]

Some links for background / history of the existing TM agreement:

https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zcash-trademark-resolution/

Electric Coin Co. donates Zcash trademark to Zcash Foundation

ECC and Zcash Foundation reach landmark TM agreement

In essence, the contract transfers ownership of the trademark to the foundation — at no cost — and stipulates rights, obligations and limitations. It’s a novel agreement, for which there appears to be no precedent, containing unique stipulations such as this: No party has independent authority to declare that a specific chain of Zcash can actually be called Zcash. There must be agreement from both parties, and neither party can unilaterally override the will of the community. Update: J…

Note about trademark strategy

Hey Folks: There is a disagreement on strategy about how to manage the Zcash trademark. This post is to make sure you know the current status of the trademark and draw your attention to the strategy questions about how to use it going forward. ECC is currently the owner of the trademark, having created the trademark along with creating Zcash, and registered it in many countries. ECC had previously publicly stated that we would sign the Zcash trademark into a novel legal agreement which effecti…