<div dir="ltr">Ahh thanks Matthew for the trademark explanation. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Matthew Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mattdm@fedoraproject.org" target="_blank">mattdm@fedoraproject.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 06:52:18PM -0400, Corey Leong wrote:<br>
> Regarding the trademark concern, a strong mark is actually what the USPTO<br>
> looks for when a trademark is filed, rather than a weak, generic mark.<br>
> Netizen is unique, specific, and non-generic so I would not expect any<br>
> questions from the USPTO when filed. I have experience with filing<br>
> successful trademarks in the past which is why I chose a stronger mark such<br>
> as Netizen for passing a USPTO review.<br>
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</span>Hi Corey. Without comment on the rest of it right now (because I<br>
haven't given it more than a cursory glance), the trademark concern in<br>
this case isn't a USPTO registration, but rather permission to use the<br>
(registered) _Fedora_ mark in the phrase "Fedora Netizen". This is part<br>
of the process for _all_ spins. You can read more about this policy<br>
here:<br>
<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Trademark_guidelines#New_combinations_of_unmodified_Fedora_software" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Trademark_guidelines#New_combinations_of_unmodified_Fedora_software</a><br>
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