F23 Self Contained Change: Netizen Spin

[Corey Leong]

Ahh thanks Matthew for the trademark explanation.

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm at 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
>
>
>
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