On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Bryan Che <bche@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I used "Fedora@home" in my initial e-mail--so people would instantly > understand what I was proposing). The alternative is that we'd have to > put a lot of marketing effort behind making people aware of a name like > "Trellis." The reason why @home is instantly recognizable is the exact same reason it's probably a trademark infringement to use it! Yes... you absolutely have to make a marketing effort to establish a new brand... that's why trademarks get protected status. You can't trade on an brand of an established mark. Nor do you want other's to make use of the value of the brand of the marks you establish without your permission. -jef _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board