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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Are there any publications on examples of vendors trademarking “Science” in any scientific discipline to market/sales/promote any vendor
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)">What are the reasons for any vendors to trademark "Science" in any scientific discipline? Is it ethical?</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)">For example, in the Geographic Information Science domain, if any vendors start trademarking and marketing/sales of their brand/products/services
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</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)">what are the implications for the credibility of Science? </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">What will be the impact of this for Integrity of Science?</span> <br>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">What is the impact of this for Humanity? </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Please share any publications on examples of vendors trademarking “Science” in any scientific discipline to market/sales/promote any vendor brand/products/services as “the Science ” of whichever area of study ,</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> so
I can reference in my article. Thanks.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Best wishes</span></p>
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I received email from some colleagues requesting more information on the Trademark of “Science”. So for openness and transparency , I would like to provide more information.</p>
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I am not a native English speaker, so my apologies if anything got lost in translation. Please feel free to ask me if you need any further information.</p>
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I am a Geographic Information Scientist. Geographic Information Science (GIS) is my scientific discipline. I am now writing an article on Education which is also looking into the Ethics of Digital Feudalism in GIS Education. I am inviting advice and guidance
from colleagues as I have many questions that I do not know answers. Hence I shared my ethical questions. </p>
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I came across example of a vendor trademarking “the Science of Where” in the GIS/mapping domain and using this to promote their brand/products/services. </p>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://trademarks.justia.com/871/92/the-science-of-87192660.html" data-auth="NotApplicable" shape="rect" style="color:rgb(25,106,212); text-decoration:underline">https://trademarks.justia.com/871/92/the-science-of-87192660.html</a></span></p>
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Is it Ethical to market/promote any vendor brand/products/services as “the Science ” of whichever area of study ? Is Science in that subject area “owned” by the Vendor who has trademark rights? For example if vendors start trademarking and marketing their
brand/products/services as “The Science of Climate Change” , “The Science of Where” etc etc? If so, what are the implications for credibility of Science? </p>
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Are there any guidelines for Scientific Associations (esp. if they are members of the International Science Council ) for taking sponsorship from vendors who promote their product/brand/services as “The Science of “whatever” topic !?</p>
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I am a member of the GEO Data Ethics Working Group (The WG was closed this month by GEO Secretariat due to “resource constraints” ) where I have been raising the issue of vendor sponsorship for Group on Earth Observations (GEO) conferences, projects etc and
the need to have clear guidelines.</p>
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I will appreciate advice and guidance from colleagues on this. Thanks.</p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">I am now writing an article on GIS Education and I will appreciate your advice and guidance.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Is it ethical for GIS Vendors (Vendor X or Y , it doesn’t matter)
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt">to trademark/sales/market their products/brand/services as “the science”? It might be a profit /sales/marketing strategy for the vendors to help increase market share for their products, add more credibility for their brand/products/services
etc . But what will be the affects for the credibility of science and scientific community in the future?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">If any Vendor is “sponsoring”</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:11pt">
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt">What is the impact of this for Humanity?</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Are there university policies and code of conduct to follow if any academics/researchers are funded by any vendor (for example, through GIS vendor funded faculty posts , research funding by any GIS vendors)?
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<span style="font-size:11pt">I am interested to learn more on what policies and curriculum are universities, educators adopting to reduce Digital Feudalism in GIS education? Do your courses cover topics on data rights, digital citizenship ?
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<span style="font-size:11pt">I will appreciate your advice and guidance. Please send your reply to
</span><a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" data-auth="NotApplicable"><span style="text-decoration:underline; color:rgb(220,161,13); font-size:11pt">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt">
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<span style="font-size:11pt">You might be interested in the Data Values article that myself and Kathryn Bailey wrote , which looks into the Ethics of Digital Feudalism in Earth Observation (EO) data. I thank the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
Data (GPSDD) and Data Values initiative for inviting us to write this article.</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">More details at </span><span style="color:#000000"><a href="https://datavaluesdigest.substack.com/p/how-digital-feudalism-hurts-farmers" data-auth="NotApplicable"><span style="text-decoration:underline; font-size:11pt">https://datavaluesdigest.substack.com/p/how-digital-feudalism-hurts-farmers</span></a><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p>
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