Ok you guys sound encouraging to me... I am hoping that using FitRoid will not be a problem with google... no one from Google has gotten in touch with me yet... I spent a lot of money paying an artist to design a cool logo that I am absolutely in love with so I'm really hoping Google will not screw me on this... As soon as anyone from Google gets back to me, I will keep you guys updated....
On Oct 28, 12:16 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This issue comes up a lot with other projects. General protocol is that you > couldn't call it Android Nav, but you could say Nav For Android. Using > abbreviations like And or Bot or Droid sound fine to me, as there is no > confusion that they are from Google and part of Android. Of course, it's > Google's call and I doubt they will comment, unless it's some notice in your > inbox informing you of a perceived violation of the name. Of course, the > word Android, is hardly one Google could trademark. > > Shane > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am not a lawyer, so I can only give my personal opinion here, on > > which of course you should not rely, since you don't know me. > > > I've seen AndroidGuys.com obviously without any problems, there is > > AndDev.org as a webpage, AndNav the application, AndPipes, AndSudoku, > > AndPishty, TeeDroid, etc... none of them seem to have had a problem > > with their names. > > > Now, regarding your name FitRoid, I really don't see how the Report of > > Item Discrepancy (ROID) on a Framework of Integrated Test (FIT) has > > anything to do with a robot designed to resemble a human ( > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android). > > > If Google sees a problem with this, they will call you. So relax and > > wait for their call :-) (and in the meantime publish your app > > FitRoid!) > > > Peli > > > On Oct 28, 1:24 am, donden1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have had the worst experience today trying to contact google. I've > > > never tried to contact google but I was surely dissapointed by how I > > > was treated and no help was offered. I just signed up for the Android > > > Market Place and upon reading the branding page, I noted that it said > > > that one cannot use a derived name from the word "Android" for a > > > product. Only thing is that I have been working on an application for > > > over a year now and I called it "FitRoid" I've paid for the domain > > > name and am designing the website then google springs this up on me. > > > So I decided to contact google to find out if the name "fitroid" was > > > ok for my application. Only problem is that there is no link on the > > > web to send any queries, or any contact information relating to > > > contacting the Android Branding team or whatever...The Android Market > > > place has not contact information and you end up being directed to > > > googles regular contact page, which of course does not have a category > > > for Android. So I called Google this evening and the first lady was > > > not interested in helping me at all and told me that no one on the > > > phone could help me and I had to rely on the web. She then told me to > > > go towww.android/supportonlythat after I hung up and tried that, > > > the url does not even exist. So I called a second time and this time I > > > got a rude gentleman (ok scrap the gentle) - a rude person who could > > > not tell me where I could get help online or with a person. He said I > > > needed the exact extension to speak to anyone.... (jeez and I thought > > > Comcast was bad!) so finally he gave me an email address > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] just so that he could get rid of me. Upon sending my > > > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] of course I get another telling me that that > > > email is not an address that gets any response and this email directs > > > me back towww.google.com/supportwhichhas no Android Category... > > > > I was very annoyed at the rude google employee and it made me wonder > > > why on earth have I been so enamored by google and their products... > > > I've been a developer with GWT and Android and have really pushed > > > those two products.. only to be treated like this. ALL I WANT TO KNOW > > > IS WETHER I AM ALLOWED TO KEEP USING THE NAME "FITROID" THAT I HAVE > > > BEEN USING FOR MY APPLICATION FOR THE LAST YEAR.. > > > > Forgive the yelling every one.... > > > > Thanks, > > > --donden1 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
