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| full name = Charles M. Roslof |
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| hover text = Charles M. Roslof, Legal Counsel |
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| job title = Legal Counsel |
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| organization = Wikimedia Foundation |
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation |
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| about me = I have been part of the Wikimedia Foundation's legal team since 2015. |
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| short quote = ''"[I]t is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." – [[q:Carl_Sagan|Carl Sagan]]'' |
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| ⚫ | | about my work = I oversee the Wikimedia trademark portfolio, including trademark registration, enforcement, and licensing. I work with the General Counsel/Secretary to support the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. I also provide legal advice and support to Wikimedia Foundation staff working on grantmaking, fundraising, and the Wikimedia affiliate system. Occasionally, I work on copyright, licensing, and public policy issues. |
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| about me = I joined the Wikimedia Foundation as a legal counsel in February 2016, after having previously worked on the legal team as an intern and as the Intellectual Property & Internet Law Fellow. |
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I received my law degree from Harvard Law School, where I was Editor-in-Chief of the [http://harvardjlg.com/ Harvard Journal of Law & Gender] and a writer and performer for the [http://hlsparody.org/ law school comedy musical]. I received my bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, where I majored in computer science and minored in linguistics and Japanese. |
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Among the other things that interest and entertain me are: television, craft beer, food, sci-fi & fantasy, music, video games, and queer theory. |
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| ⚫ | | about my work = I oversee the Wikimedia trademark portfolio, including trademark registration, enforcement, and licensing. I work with the General Counsel/Secretary to support the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. I also provide legal advice and support to Wikimedia Foundation staff working on grantmaking, fundraising |
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* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/charles-m-roslof/15/973/4a5 LinkedIn] |
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Latest revision as of 21:23, 4 September 2024
Charles M. Roslof (Chuck)
Principal Legal Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation
About me
I have been part of the Wikimedia Foundation's legal team since 2015.
My work
I oversee the Wikimedia trademark portfolio, including trademark registration, enforcement, and licensing. I work with the General Counsel/Secretary to support the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. I also provide legal advice and support to Wikimedia Foundation staff working on grantmaking, fundraising, and the Wikimedia affiliate system. I serve as the Secretary of the Wikimedia Endowment. Occasionally, I work on copyright, licensing, and public policy issues.
Disclaimer: I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.
Contact me
croslof
wikimedia.org
- Pronouns: they/them, he/him