Trademarks Training Materials
Trademarks at GitLab
GitLabโs brand is one of its most valuable assets. As part of this, GitLabโs trademarks (the name GitLab, and the GitLab Tanuki logo) distinguish GitLabโs product from those of its competitors. They also signify to our customers and prospects the high quality of our product, which people associate with GitLab.
This series of three training sessions, covering An Introduction to Trademarks, Using Third-party Trademarks, and Using the GitLab Trademark, serves to introduce team members to key trademarks concepts relevant to their role at GitLab.
All training materials featured on this page are internal only - to access the videos, ensure you are logged in to GitLab Unfiltered; the slides, transcripts and audio files are accessible via the GitLab Google Drive.
An Introduction to Trademarks
๐ฅ Video ๐๏ธ Slides ๐ Transcript ๐ Audio
This introductory session covers the following topics:
- What is a trademark?
- Trademarks as distinct from other intellectual property rights
- The requirement of distinctiveness
- Trademark infringement
Using Third-party Trademarks
๐ฅ Video ๐๏ธ Slides ๐ Transcript ๐ Audio
This session covers the following topics:
- An explanation of the defence of fair use with respect to trademarks
- The definition of nominative fair use, the fair use defense most relevant to our work at GitLab
- The elements which establish nominative fair use
- Practical tips for using third-party trademarks in such a way that is likely to constitute fair use
Using the GitLab Trademarks
๐ฅ Video ๐๏ธ Slides ๐ Transcript ๐ Audio
This session covers the following topics:
- The importance of GitLabโs trademarks, and why all team members are responsible for their maintenance and protection
- Resources maintained by the GitLab Marketing Team which assist in ensuring the correct use of the GitLab trademarks
- Tips for using the GitLab trademarks correctly
- Tips for permitting third-parties to use the GitLab trademarks
- Protecting the GitLab trademarks from infringement and misuse by others
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