Ahh thanks Matthew for the trademark explanation. On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 06:52:18PM -0400, Corey Leong wrote: > > Regarding the trademark concern, a strong mark is actually what the USPTO > > looks for when a trademark is filed, rather than a weak, generic mark. > > Netizen is unique, specific, and non-generic so I would not expect any > > questions from the USPTO when filed. I have experience with filing > > successful trademarks in the past which is why I chose a stronger mark > such > > as Netizen for passing a USPTO review. > > Hi Corey. Without comment on the rest of it right now (because I > haven't given it more than a cursory glance), the trademark concern in > this case isn't a USPTO registration, but rather permission to use the > (registered) _Fedora_ mark in the phrase "Fedora Netizen". This is part > of the process for _all_ spins. You can read more about this policy > here: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Trademark_guidelines#New_combinations_of_unmodified_Fedora_software > > > > -- > Matthew Miller > <mat...@fedoraproject.org> > Fedora Project Leader > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > -- Corey Leong, M.N.M., M.A.* PO Box 691871 Orlando, FL 32869 email: cle...@fedoraproject.org <co...@corey.leong.name> web: http://coreyleong.org blog: http://blog.coreyleong.org tweet: http://twitter.com/coreyleong phone: (407) 279-1133 skype: coreyleong
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