[theme-reviewers] Theme Names

[Peter Kakoma]

I do largely agree with all that's been said, particularly what Chip, Emil
& Bryan said. However, allow me to throw a spanner in the works.
This isn't a new issue so we wouldn't have to re-invent the wheel. The
Apple store has some guidelines and so does the Google Play store (and
basically all stores that accept stuff from developers)
To quote the play store guidelines: (edited to leave the bit that matters
the most here)

*Impersonation or Deceptive Behavior:* Apps must not have names or icons
that appear confusingly similar to existing products, or to apps supplied
with the device

Checking if a name has been used before is a simple Google search; takes no
more than 1 minutes I think.
 https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=box+site:wordpress.org%2Fthemes
One basically prefixes the search term with


*site:wordpress.org/themes <http://wordpress.org/themes>*



On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's what I replied with to the other discussion (didn't realize there
> was a bigger one at hand):
>
> "I agree, it's theme developer's responsibility to not infringe on
> trademarks and trademark holder's responsibility to protect their
> trademarks, but impossible for the theme review team (except for in
> extremely obvious cases) to check for or inform of possible trademark
> issues."
>
> That's the only logical solution. In other words, in the rare event that
> this issue comes up, I'm sure it will be dealt with by the parties involved
> or brought to WordPress directly to have the infringing content removed.
> But, having the team go as far as to Google the theme name to see if it's
> already been used or check against the USPTO would be insane, that's the
> theme developer's due diligence to make sure their theme/product names are
> unique and original, as in not taken.
>
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