Hi, Unfortunately the "Replicant" trademark is already used in a very similar domain.
Replicant[1] is also a radical 100% free software Android distribution certified by the FSF for smartphones and tablets. It's is being used and developed by people that are very strongly against non-free software, surveillance, and are very critical about the use of AI and technology in general. The issue is that using "Replicant" for a startup that has products and solutions related to phones leads to misleading headlines like "Replicant raises $7 million for bots that answer customer questions over the phone" in Venturebeat[2]. As we also got some huge funding recently, both from Handshake, and from the Nlnet foundation, it is very easy to make confusions. For instance, if that headline makes it to the general press, people would think that Replicant (the operating system) raised $7 million of dollars to develop a 100% free software application that can answer the phone, which is not the case. A very simple way to fix that would be to make sure to use 'AI' in the name of your company (for instance it could become 'Replicant AI' or Replicant.ai). This way people would not make any confusion and the company could advertise the fact that you provide services and/or products around artificial intelligence. People could also think that the Replicant.ai company is somewhat related to the Operating System. In that case potential customers would hopefuly expect your solutions to be 100% free software. References: ----------- [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant_(operating_system) [2]https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/24/replicant-raises-7-million-for-bots-that-answer-customer-questions-over-the-phone/ Denis.
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