Le 05/01/15 12:48, Shawn McKinney a écrit :
> On 01/05/2015 05:13 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote:
>> You will not get any help from the ASF when ir comes to pick a name... As it 
>> is virtually impossible to check in all the regions if the name is already 
>> taken : we simply don't have the money/time/expertise to do that.
> As I'm sure everyone here knows trademarks are specific to a product area.  
> The fact that there is a product called ACME and it references a tire doesn't 
> preclude someone else from using it for toothpaste.  With that in mind I 
> believe google is our friend.  If we have a name we like, i.e. kirby, and the 
> only hits we get are for vacuum cleaners, http://www.kirby.com/ ;-), then the 
> name is still ok to use.

Not even sure. Just try to name your project Nike or Starbucks, you'll
soon get into trouble...

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