1. Marged Lloyd Silver

    Head of Online Communications at Standard Chartered

    29 April 2009 10:41am

    Marged Lloyd

    Does anyone consider Trademarks an issue for naming an intranet?

    I don't think its anything to worry about - but want to avoid any unnecessary time spent on legal issues!

    Would be grateful for your thoughts - thanks!

    Marged

  2. Dan Hawtrey Silver

    Managing Director at Content Formula

    06 May 2009 16:34pm

    Dan Hawtrey

    We were once asked to set up a "YouTube" style page on an intranet for one of our clients. They wanted to change the name to YouClient_company_name and tweak the YouTube logo accordingly. We raised the question over trademarks and they discussed it with one of their lawyers who said it was not ok, citing trademark as an issue.

  3. Colin Watson

    Director at Watson Hall Ltd

    08 May 2009 13:11pm

    Colin Watson

    A trademark is a trademark everywhere. Also, don't assume that internal content will not leak outside.

    Colin Watson
    Technical Director
    Watson Hall Ltd for website security

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