On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 15:59, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:24:26PM +0200, Jos Poortvliet wrote: >> >> Ok, LF thinks the name Smeegol, while funny and inventive, might not be the >> best name of the decade. > > Sorry, but it's not up to them to like or dislike a name that has > nothing to do with their product name. There is no trademark law > violation here at all, so for them to claim there is, is disingenuous.
To play Devil's Advocate (and, of course, IANAL), the trademark is completely contained within the name "Smeegol": "S" + "MeeGo".lower() + "l" Is this grounds for complaint with regards to trademark law? Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Flegg -- mailto:[email protected] | http://www.bleb.org/ Maemo Community Council member _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
