Stream: implementers
Topic: Trademark Policy/Approvals
Grahame Grieve (Jun 20 2016 at 23:54):
After a long gestation, we finally have the trade mark approval process ready for use. The policy can be found here:
http://wiki.hl7.org/index.php?title=FHIR_Trademark_Policy. Applications for apprval for community events and product usage can be made at http://www.fhir.org/community-license and http://www.fhir.org/product-license respectively.
Grahame Grieve (Jun 20 2016 at 23:56):
anyone of you - and many are - who are using the word FHIR or the flame icon beyond fair use provisions are now required to formally apply for permission for your use.
Grahame Grieve (Jun 20 2016 at 23:57):
we intend to grant approval to any organization that meets 2 criteria:
- the usage of the name FHIR differentiates it from "the FHIR specification' (e.g. no misleading claims about ownership of the name)
- there is a coherent plan for ensuring conformance/consistency with the specification
Todd Cooper (Jun 20 2016 at 23:59):
so what would we do with the myriad various like what I've started to use "Devices on FHIR" to reference the use of FHIR for healthcare device informatics and integration? Tethered to the HL7 DEV WG and the standardized device informatics community ... by extension (e.g., IHE PCD, IEEE, etc.)
Todd Cooper (Jun 21 2016 at 00:01):
or Clinicians on FHIR ... etc. Is there ... will there be ... an HL7 internal process to register and manage these?
Grahame Grieve (Jun 21 2016 at 00:02):
Uses associated with the execution of official HL7 projects are HL7 processes, those of the trademark owner, and therefore permission is not required for them
Grahame Grieve (Jun 21 2016 at 00:03):
IHE IEEE, etc will need to go through the formality of this process, but we will have to have some discussion about the granularity of the process for them.
Grahame Grieve (Jun 21 2016 at 02:09):
The same applies to formal affiliate processes too, btw. Events or Projects of the affiliate (defined as those the affiliate can demonstrate governance over, and, for projects, can claim that they have an 'approved id' ) do not need trademark approval
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