<html><head></head><body data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">From my early ZevenOS days, which was called Zebuntu back then, I know that Canonical has a trademark on every *buntu word. This was one of the reasons we changed the name. </div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>Von: </b>Lars Noodén</div><div><b>Gesendet: </b>Sonntag, 18. August 2013 14:54</div><div><b>An: </b>Lubuntu Users</div><div><b>Betreff: </b>Re: Using "Lubuntu" name for my own business?</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style="">On 18.08.2013 15:35, 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) wrote:<br>> I'm afraid not. Lubuntu is a trademark of Canonical. The name of the<br>> distros were registered before they were used.<br>> <br>> Anyway have a look to this page, where everything is explained:<br>> http://www.canonical.com/intellectual-property-policy<br>> <br>> I hope it was useful.<br>> Cheers!<br>> <br>> 紳癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna)<br>> Lubuntu Artwork Team<br><br>The link jumbles up trademark, patents and copyright, but down in the<br>trademark section, Lubuntu is conspicuously missing. I guess Ali would<br>have to contact Canonical as to who actually holds the trademark on the<br>name Lubuntu?<br><br>Regards,<br>/Lars<br><br><br>-- <br>Lubuntu-users mailing list<br>Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users<br></div></body></html>