At 1:26 PM -0700 on 10/23/99, Alain Farmer wrote:
>Rob Cozens: If anyone would like to search the US
>Patent and Trademark Office trademark database, you
>can find it at http://www.uspto.gov/tmdb/index.html
We have discussed names here several times.
Here follows a repost of:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01176.html>
It would be annotated with PTO searches, but the PTO is dead. (Or at least
their 'Net connection is)
Full list, in order of submition. Note that I get to make any comments I
feel like because I'm compiling the list. Arbitrary power? You bet ;-)
FreeCard <http://www.freecard.at/>
<http://www.pcww.com/web_mat/freecard.html>
FreeCard Network(sm) is already registered
ActiveCard <http://www.checkpoint.co.jp/opsec/partners/activcard.htm>
PublicCard no HotBot matches & sort of dfescribes open source
NaturalCard no HotBot matches & what could be easier to use than
NaturalCard?
BoldCard no HotBot matches & isn't this a bold experiment?
FreedCard no HotBot matches, describes open source, sounds funny, may
still conflict with FreeCard.
EasyCard <http://easycard.info.co.il/1999/>
<http://www.iuol.cn.net/english/intro/easyintr.htm>
<http://www.decequip.com/easycard.htm>
<http://affordable-usa.net/CallCard.html>
<http://public.surfree.com/Phone/Tuper/CallCard.html>
TrueCard <http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/8226/>
Registered trademark.
WildCard used by many
WildCard Weekend(sm)
WILDCARD-SHOPPING.COM(sm)
WildCard Systems� and (sm)
MyCard Kinda Catchy
Registered trademark
CompanyCard Like the "Company Car"
No hotbot matches
Sort of confusing, though.
ACBM Another Card-Based Metaphor
almost as bad as ONOC (ONOC's not OpenCard)
ICBM Intercontinental? Card-Based Metaphor
Interesting Card-Based Metaphor
Couldn't resist the pun on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Self-evident problems.
FutureCard Because we are the future of Card apps
<http://members.tripod.com/gfordyce/index.html>
<http://www.money-rules.com/credit/unsecuredcards.html>
(hell, a registered trademark -- at least their
site said so. USPTO does not agree)
UltraCard *smirk* (It just sounds cool)
<http://roiconnect.com/i_ultra.htm>
Registered trademark.
Registered service mark (twice!)
*Card (Star)Card Leverages the "*" to make it look
like we are the everything card.
StarCard sounds nice, but *Card looks like computer nonsence!
StarCard <http://www.allied-arts.org/>
<http://www.airlink.net/gen.htm>
Registered trademark (twice!); registered service mark
PDCard (Public Domain)Card
Assuming we use this
Too hard to say. Too many syllabiles. Senceless (unless you
know enough copyright law)
ArtisticCard (Artistic License)Card
Assuming we use this
Still too many syllabiles.
NuCard (Name Unknown)Card (with the NuTalk language)
<http://www.npix.com/products/adapters/FD460.html>
Registered trademark -- but since it's hardware, can we still
get away with it?
The A Card The Application Card
Just sounds bad.
MasterCard Will probably confuse people....
Will probably get us sued.
PS: I like NuCard best.
