Tag Archives: Trademarks

Renaming Ubuntu derivatives

Working together with the Ubuntu trademarks team we renamed our Ubuntu derivatives: minibuntu becomes Ubuntu mini remix “ubuntu in italiano” becomes Ubuntu remix italiano (which is the Italian name for “Ubuntu Italian remix) Following up the distrowatch’s story about Ubuntu trademarks, as the first Italian Ubuntu affiliate we (CreaLabs) are trying to be a good [...]

iloveubuntu.com: this is trademark violation

Ubuntu trademark is clear, and the iloveubuntu.com website (intentionally not linked) is violating it, hope Canonical will make that great joke stop. UPDATE: this post would be a provocation, ’cause you know I’m a bit sceptic about free software and trademarks. I also know about ie7.com and many others, same story here and there. :)

Ubuntu delusion: BuildYourUbuntu.com won’t come to life, trademarks win, ideas lose

Introduction: We (CreaLabs) are Ubuntu affiliate because of: some Ubuntu promotion/spreading activities 2 ubuntu derivative distros: ubuntu italian iso, ufficio zero Ubuntu Customization Kit We constantly and actively support open source and free software with many projects (check crealabs.it for the list). All of these projects were created and are maintained for free. The new [...]

Are trademarks compatible with free software philosophy? A real story about Ubuntu and me.

You want to start a commercial website, you want to spread the the Ubuntu word and you’re already involved in some Ubuntu related free initiatives (let’s say you’re also an Ubuntu affiliate). You’ve to decide the name of your business (and the website domain too) and we all know how much relevance this task has [...]