[theme-reviewers] Question about guidelines - Trademark

[Angelo Bertolli]

Is the design trademarked somehow?  Trademark refers only to registered 
trademarks that might confuse people as to the brand of something, or 
represent an endorsement of a product.

Daniel Fenn wrote:
> That was regarding the use of phpBB in it (theme) name, and not the
> design as far as I recall.
>
> Can someone please tell me how I search this list?
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> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Emil Uzelac<emil at themeid.com>  wrote:
>> didn't you e-mail the list while ago when you mentioned that the creator of
>> phpBB doesn't mind that, if so I think you're fine, there was a fwd e-mail
>> from him, or something similar that I could remember
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>> Emil Uzelac | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
>> emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
>> Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein
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>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Daniel Fenn<danielx386 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I have a question about the quote below:
>>>
>>> "Trademark
>>>
>>>     Themes MUST NOT clone the design of past or present web site.
>>> Themes that clone non-website designs will be considered on a
>>> case-by-case basis."
>>>
>>> My theme, propress is a theme based on the default theme used in phpBB
>>> along with a page in the admin area to allow people to set it so that
>>> it look the same as their phpBB based forum.
>>>
>>> Would I be breaking the rules regarding this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
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