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Other Hugo Awards?
Apr. 13th, 2015 07:28 amI got an e-mail yesterday that said apparently some folks have been saying that there were "other" Hugo Awards being set up in the past, and that's why Worldcon registered the service mark. Although my history with Worldcon only goes back personally to 1984, I think this is a misunderstanding.
( Hugo Award is a registered service mark of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society )
WSFS has never sued anyone for any reason, including service mark infringement, nor has it been sued by anyone for any sort of infringement itself.
( More Service Mark Neepery )
I hope this clarifies what the status of the WSFS service marks on "Hugo Award" and the others is. So far as I know, registration was not initially pursued because of an active or threatened infringement directly upon the name of the Award, but proactively to make it much less likely in the future and to protect the collective interests of the members of Worldcon.
( Hugo Award is a registered service mark of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society )
WSFS has never sued anyone for any reason, including service mark infringement, nor has it been sued by anyone for any sort of infringement itself.
( More Service Mark Neepery )
I hope this clarifies what the status of the WSFS service marks on "Hugo Award" and the others is. So far as I know, registration was not initially pursued because of an active or threatened infringement directly upon the name of the Award, but proactively to make it much less likely in the future and to protect the collective interests of the members of Worldcon.
