On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Luis Villa <luis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 15:19 -0400, Bryan Che wrote: > > > Hi, we just completed a trademark search on "Sleepwalker," and it turns > > > out that it's already being used for software. So, we're going to have > > > to go with a different name. I've asked for searches on the next > > > highest vote-getters, "Turbine" and "Sandman." > > > > I am not sure if you are aware that "Turbine" had been a popular name > > for sport club in former Communist East Europe. As such it comes along > > with associations related to the "decline of the Communist System" in > > many parts of Europe. > > More relevantly, it may or may not be a registered mark, but is > definitely already in use in software; Free web service software, > even. http://turbine.apache.org/ > Sandman was to be used as a Software game for the DC comics character and movie. Trying to find non-trademarked terms in the field of software is not as easy as it used to be. I would expect that you would need to go with the 2 less used words put together (Lexus Nexus, etc). Dream/Sleep Cycle, Dream/Sleep Shephard, Dream/Sleep Turbine,. DreamMan, Sand Cycle.. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
