Getting a name for a blog
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Mega
May 6, 2012, 11:44:45 AM5/6/12
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Hey guys,
I'm considering to start a blog.
I would love to call it "Spartan Biotech" because with Sparta I associate making very much from very little.
(I found another name too, but this one I like far more)
But I googled it, and there is already a company called "Spartan Bioscience".
Can this give legal problems? I.e. can they sue me for that name?
Best,
I'm considering to start a blog.
I would love to call it "Spartan Biotech" because with Sparta I associate making very much from very little.
(I found another name too, but this one I like far more)
But I googled it, and there is already a company called "Spartan Bioscience".
Can this give legal problems? I.e. can they sue me for that name?
Best,
Mac Cowell
May 6, 2012, 4:10:46 PM5/6/12
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Probably not unless you are selling similar stuff to a similar customer base. If you're not selling anything, it's probably ok.
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Andreas Sturm
May 6, 2012, 4:27:20 PM5/6/12
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that could get a problem.
Because I may distribute incubators... It's not yet sure, how safe and cheap I can make them.
Of course, it would only be small-scale selling, but I don't like lawyers contacting me :)
Because I may distribute incubators... It's not yet sure, how safe and cheap I can make them.
Of course, it would only be small-scale selling, but I don't like lawyers contacting me :)
2012/5/6 Mac Cowell <m...@diybio.org>
Simon Quellen Field
May 6, 2012, 6:19:24 PM5/6/12
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When I type "Spartan Biotech" into Google's Adwords Keyword Tool,
I get only one keyword suggestion: Spartan Bioscience.
That's not a really good sign.
:-)
Many of the synonyms for Spartan don't look that good anyway:
bleak, barren, grim, primitive, stark.
But some of those that embody what you like about the word are
not that bad: bare-bones, clean, plain, rustic, simple, spare, unadorned,
unembellished, vanilla.
On the other connotation for Spartan we have: adventuresome,
audacious, cool, daredevil, daring, dauntless, gallant, gritty, gutsy,
hardy, heroic, indomitable, intrepid, resolute, stalwart, valiant.
Try picking three words instead of two -- that eliminates a lot of
domain name squatters and makes the domain easier to get.
Some two word names might also be available:
A thesaurus will gets you lots of synonyms to group together.
John Griessen
May 6, 2012, 7:02:31 PM5/6/12
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On 05/06/2012 03:27 PM, Andreas Sturm wrote:
> I may distribute incubators... It's not yet sure
Spartan biotech is mostly language usage. You can blog away.
> I may distribute incubators... It's not yet sure
The brand is similar, something you can try and see if anyone cares.
Go ahead is my feeling. Or change it a little more to :
sparta biotech
spartech bio
biosparta
spartechus
John Griessen
May 6, 2012, 7:03:51 PM5/6/12
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On 05/06/2012 06:02 PM, John Griessen wrote:
> Or change it a little more to :
>
> sparta biotech
> spartech bio
> biosparta
> spartechus
Dang... spartechus kinda grew on me.
> Or change it a little more to :
>
> sparta biotech
> spartech bio
> biosparta
> spartechus
but it's claimed as a .com already!
Jonathan Cline
May 7, 2012, 2:34:02 AM5/7/12
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On Sunday, May 6, 2012 8:44:45 AM UTC-7, Mega wrote:
I would love to call it "Spartan Biotech" because with Sparta I associate making very much from very little.
And killing babies deemed too weak to contribute to society. Not a great meme, that sparta stuff.
One trick for choosing a name is to set up on a free blogger site first, then after several articles and reader feedback, pick the name most resembling the theme from your posts. Professional marketing companies often generate fake words with popular-sounding syllables, especially for pharma products, seems to me.
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Giovanni Lostumbo
May 7, 2012, 12:13:12 PM5/7/12
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" Professional marketing companies often generate fake words with popular-sounding names"
I think that's bad for the brain to have meaningless words. It's one thing to mix letters as a fad in modern vernacular, but some words seem like they need a neurological basis for "soundness." Though if Modern English historically shows that most words are a mutation of earlier semantics, then I don't know what to say.
I think that's bad for the brain to have meaningless words. It's one thing to mix letters as a fad in modern vernacular, but some words seem like they need a neurological basis for "soundness." Though if Modern English historically shows that most words are a mutation of earlier semantics, then I don't know what to say.
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