[Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

NOTICE!

We have received enough funds for the ongoing EU Trademark refreshing, and currently need no more donations towards this cause any longer!


Thanks for everybody, the community spirit we have is awesome :D

We managed to raise 3451.43 euros in just a bit over 5 weeks time, which I think is marvellous!

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During the reorganization of Maemo the original trademark rights were transferred from Nokia to Hildon Foundation.
Now, as HiFo arranged transfer of those intangibles to Maemo Community e.V. we have the right to the "Maemo" trademark in various areas around the world.

Trademarks are only registered for a certain period of years, after which they will expire unless renewed by paying to the registration agencies.

Now the deadlines for registration periods are again approaching and if we want to keep hold of the TM's we need funds to do that.

The most important registrations now are EU countries. After that come China, Russia and USA

I am now asking for donations to Maemo Community for the trademark renewing.
If you believe it is important that we keep the "Maemo" trademark alive, please contribute.

Bank Account
The Bank account of Maemo Community is DE96 5407 0092 0035 4860 00 (Deutsche Bank DEUTDESM540)
Account is in the name of: Maemo Community e.V.

If the bank transfer requires a detailed address of the recipient, you can use the following:

Beethovenstrasse
67655 Kaiserslautern

If we do not get enough donations, it might be possible that we cannot register any or all trademarks.

If you wish your donation to be counted only for TM registration, please state so in the bank transfer text so we can refund your donation in case the registration fails short of funds.

PayPal

Please, use only for the sake of saving transfer fees on banking - PayPal contributions will be cut by 1.9%+0.35€ - so if you can use the bank transfer please stick to that (even as NPO PayPal charges %+0.35€ and every cent counts!).

You can donate to us using the address donations@maemo.org


Note: As we already received donations via PayPal from members within the Eurozone and lots of people demand anonymous registration with maemo.org and the MCe.V. -> just to let you know, PayPal forces us (and any other business) to provide bookkeeping for the USA (no kidding, some shady tax fraud rule that applies to all customers having bank accounts outside the US)

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Here's the donation state as of 07-07-2015:

Code:

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mysql>
mysql> select date, account, format(total_amount, 2) as donation, currency, format(total_amount*exchange_rate, 2) as "sum in EUR" from all_donations order by date;+------------+---------------+----------+----------+------------+
| date      | account      | donation | currency | sum in EUR |
+------------+---------------+----------+----------+------------+
| 2015-07-01 | PayPal        | 9.46    | EUR      | 9.46      |
| 2015-07-01 | PayPal        | 10.00    | EUR      | 10.00      |
| 2015-07-01 | PayPal        | 10.00    | EUR      | 10.00      |
| 2015-07-01 | PayPal        | 15.00    | EUR      | 15.00      |
| 2015-07-01 | Deutsche Bank | 26.82    | EUR      | 26.82      |
| 2015-07-02 | Deutsche Bank | 100.00  | EUR      | 100.00    |
| 2015-07-02 | PayPal        | 47.05    | EUR      | 47.05      |
| 2015-07-02 | PayPal        | 19.27    | EUR      | 19.27      |
| 2015-07-03 | PayPal        | 25.00    | EUR      | 25.00      |
| 2015-07-03 | Deutsche Bank | 100.00  | EUR      | 100.00    |
| 2015-07-03 | Deutsche Bank | 50.00    | EUR      | 50.00      |
| 2015-07-04 | PayPal        | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-05 | PayPal        | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-06 | Deutsche Bank | 50.00    | EUR      | 50.00      |
| 2015-07-06 | PayPal        | 150.00  | EUR      | 150.00    |
| 2015-07-07 | PayPal        | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-07 | PayPal        | 25.00    | EUR      | 25.00      |
| 2015-07-08 | PayPal        | 20.00    | CAD      | 13.89      |
| 2015-07-08 | PayPal        | 95.90    | GBP      | 130.15    |
| 2015-07-08 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-08 | Deutsche Bank | 200.00  | EUR      | 200.00    |
| 2015-07-10 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-10 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-10 | PayPal        | 40.49    | PLN      | 9.43      |
| 2015-07-10 | PayPal        | 40.00    | EUR      | 40.00      |
| 2015-07-13 | PayPal        | 30.00    | EUR      | 30.00      |
| 2015-07-13 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-15 | Deutsche Bank | 100.00  | EUR      | 100.00    |
| 2015-07-16 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-17 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-17 | PayPal        | 15.00    | EUR      | 15.00      |
| 2015-07-23 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-07-24 | PayPal        | 141.65  | NOK      | 15.35      |
| 2015-07-27 | PayPal        | 48.70    | EUR      | 48.70      |
| 2015-07-28 | Deutsche Bank | 10.00    | EUR      | 10.00      |
| 2015-07-30 | Deutsche Bank | 500.00  | EUR      | 500.00    |
| 2015-08-03 | PayPal        | 43.79    | EUR      | 43.79      |
| 2015-08-03 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-08-04 | Deutsche Bank | 100.00  | EUR      | 100.00    |
| 2015-08-04 | PayPal        | 95.90    | GBP      | 133.02    |
| 2015-08-04 | PayPal        | 100.00  | EUR      | 100.00    |
| 2015-08-04 | Deutsche Bank | 30.00    | EUR      | 30.00      |
| 2015-08-04 | Deutsche Bank | 30.00    | EUR      | 30.00      |
| 2015-08-04 | Deutsche Bank | 25.00    | EUR      | 25.00      |
| 2015-08-04 | Deutsche Bank | 994.50  | EUR      | 994.50    |
| 2015-08-07 | PayPal        | 25.00    | EUR      | 25.00      |
| 2015-08-10 | Deutsche Bank | 20.00    | EUR      | 20.00      |
| 2015-08-18 | Deutsche Bank | 25.00    | EUR      | 25.00      |
+------------+---------------+----------+----------+------------+
48 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> select format(sum(total_amount * exchange_rate), 2) as totals from all_donations;
+----------+
| totals  |
+----------+
| 3,496.43 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

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Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

It costs me an additional £20 to send money abroad. Is there no other way? How about PayPal?

Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

How much money do we need?

Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

+1

Also, can we have some kind of report how much money are gathered so far.

Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

AFAIK a trademark registration for Europe costs EUR 900. Not sure for how long and if there are any renewal fees.

Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

If this is the only way, then https://transferwise.com/ is the best way I've found to have minimal fees and get a decent rate. Jeez that sounds like an advert, sorry. I have no affiliation with them. Other online rate-pairing (or whatever it's called) money transfer services are available.

Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

Nope, as you are in UK it will cost you nothing extra
Both UK and Germany are SEPA countries which means the bank transfer is handled like a local bank transfer

Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

Yes, I will be publishing a donation log. Log entries will be anonymous unless somebody wants to publicly announce their donation.

Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

Amount: EUR 20.00
Indicative exchange rate: GBP 1 = EUR 1.37
Sterling equivalent: GBP 14.61
Santander fee: GBP 25.00
You will be debited: GBP 39.61 (estimate)

(Sorry, I was wrong. Not £20 but £25 extra.)

Re: [Announcement] Fundraiser for "Maemo" Trademark registration
 

That looks about right:

EU Trademark Registration Fees: €900
When appying through a UK agent: £642.36
£642.36 = €900 (approx.)

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