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STATEMENT FROM PHILIP COLLIGAN ON RASPBERRY PI TRADEMARKS
Yesterday we sent a letter to a member of the Raspberry Pi community as part of our efforts
to protect the Raspberry Pi trademark that was inconsistent with our values as a community
organisation. We got it wrong and we have apologised to the valued community member
who got the letter. We are undertaking a review of how we protect our trademark to make
sure that this doesn’t happen again.
The letter was sent automatically to a small number of individuals responsible for social
media accounts and websites that were identified by external legal advisers as possibly
infringing our trademarks. It should never have been sent.
It is important that we take action to protect the Raspberry Pi trademarks, not least to protect
the public from bad actors who deliberately misuse our brands to sell poor quality, rip off
products.
We want to do that in a way that doesn’t undermine the use of the Raspberry Pi brands and
trademarks by members of the fantastic Raspberry Pi community who share our educational
mission and who do so much to bring it to life everyday.
If you have a question or concern about your use of the Raspberry Pi brand or trademarks,
please get in touch with us at [email protected].
STATEMENT FROM PHILIP COLLIGAN ON RASPBERRY PI TRADEMARKS
Yesterday we sent a letter to a member of the Raspberry Pi community as part of our efforts to protect the Raspberry Pi trademark that was inconsistent with our values as a community organisation. We got it wrong and we have apologised to the valued community member who got the letter. We are undertaking a review of how we protect our trademark to make sure that this doesn’t happen again.
The letter was sent automatically to a small number of individuals responsible for social media accounts and websites that were identified by external legal advisers as possibly infringing our trademarks. It should never have been sent.
It is important that we take action to protect the Raspberry Pi trademarks, not least to protect the public from bad actors who deliberately misuse our brands to sell poor quality, rip off products.
We want to do that in a way that doesn’t undermine the use of the Raspberry Pi brands and trademarks by members of the fantastic Raspberry Pi community who share our educational mission and who do so much to bring it to life everyday.
If you have a question or concern about your use of the Raspberry Pi brand or trademarks, please get in touch with us at [email protected].