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You're going to want to change that name... Disney... They have the class 9 Trade Mark for Dumbo, and call out: "television sets;"[1][2]. [1] https://search.ip
by schappim 4y ago
You're going to want to change that name... Disney... They have the class 9 Trade Mark for Dumbo, and call out: "television sets;"[1][2].
[1] https://search.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/search/view/1155569?q=dumbo https://search.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/search/view/115...
[2] https://files.littlebird.com.au/Shared-Image-2023-04-08-06-56-51-W1Rnlw.png https://files.littlebird.com.au/Shared-Image-2023-04-08-06-5...
- realityloop 4y agoLighTV, the tv without the crap you don’t want!
- pupdogg 4y agoYes, going to take care of that. Thanks for the heads up. I really looked that one over...didn't think too much of it as the domain was available. It's hard to do anything the easy way nowadays!
- scrollaway 4y agoIt's a great name for a non-smart tv, to be honest. But Disney'll be Disney. Good luck.
- philistine 4y agoMight I recommend DUMBY?
- lovemenot 4y agoDumbox
- TylerE 4y agoWhat about something a bit more...positive? PureTV?
- gpm 4y agoOr SimplyTV
- TylerE 4y agoYeah, that was one of my first thoughts, but I figure SimpliSafe probably owns the trademark for household electronics.
- tanelpoder 4y agoBasic.tv Edit: as in you have to code BASIC to change the channel
- dublin 4y agoGOTO no longer considered unsafe! (Actually, it never really was all that unsafe, anyway, the function guys just established themselves as the new programming hipsters...)
- ryandrake 4y agoJusTV
- ufo 4y agoPerhaps too close to justin.tv (aka Amazon®)
- mosquitobiten 4y agojusTiVi
- xen2xen1 4y agoTaken for a product that bleeps out cuss words IIRC.
- larrywright 4y agoThis sounds a little too close to PureFlix, which is a streaming service for family friendly/religious content.
- lagrange77 4y agoHow about IDIOT? Edit: Damn, there is 'IOT' in it.
- lagrange77 4y agoPRIMITV
- Grimburger 4y agoAbsolutely topnotch, you could have a bright future in branding.
- mholt 4y agoI would buy a good offline TV called "Primitv" in an instant
- q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y agoNice. That is an absurdly good name. I think it needs just a bit of fool-proofing in a couple dimensions though: (1) Ideally, the brand would also be able to speak to the segment of people who aren't going to get the wordplay. (2) Also, there's the age-old pronunciation question. Is it just "Primitive"? Is it "Primi - Tee - Vee"? It's quite close to being a great brand, though. I wonder if it just needs a skillfully-placed lowercase letter, or a couple dots, or something — maybe some sort of subtle variation could solve both problems.
- dcow 4y agoI think it’s perfect.
- bobthepanda 4y agoEh, this isn’t that crazy. Like, most people probably don’t think about the fact that Uniqlo is short for “unique clothing” and yet it’s the #3 clothing retailer in the world.
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- neandrake 4y agoHaven’t checked availability but OnlyTV would be fitting.
- exclusiv 4y agoSuggestion: STANDARD
- suprjami 4y agoTerrible. Imagine searching for "standard TV".
- exclusiv 4y agoKind of like framework laptop though. So while I agree search wouldn't be great to start, This isn't a TV for the masses if we're being honest. It will be high word of mouth and on niche tech sites. Top 2 results: standardtvandapplicance.com and https://talent.nebula.tv/ https://talent.nebula.tv/ not impossible Also, marketing isn't only about search results. Another example: Standard Hotels
- Andrex 4y agoOK, then abbreviate it. "STD TV"
- ulrikrasmussen 4y agoWouldn't most people associate STD with Sexually Transmitted Disease?
- modderation 4y agoIndeed, perhaps something like Simple Television Interface (STI) or Visual Display (VD) would be better? ;)
- ezekg 4y agoNot impossible to rank for. For example, see "stripe", or even my business, Keygen, which now ranks #1 for the term "keygen" after 7 years (funny fact: HN poked fun at me when I claimed I'd rank #1 for the term in my 2016 Show HN). STANDARD is probably not the best choice for short-term SEO, though. :)
- muyuu 4y agomaybe something like dumb.box ? I think the .box suffix might be very appropriate, something like brainless.box or whatever, I know it's unconventional though, perhaps .tv is better
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoI live self deprecating humour but it negatively affects me at work, I imagine dumb.tv or idiot.tv may have similar problems. But maybe also you go viral because of it, who knows.
- avaq 4y agoSuggestion: NoTelly
- hexnuts 4y agoUnhooked.Tech is one suggestion. That way if you want to expand into other devices / spaces, it is already covered.
- j3s 4y agothis is a good example of a preemptive design choice. it's almost always better to optimize for success today, not for success in the future. imo a name like "slab", or even literally "dumb tv" would be much more effective.
- _emacsomancer_ 4y agohow about WiseTV?
- kbarmettler 4y agoOoooh, that's good.
- kortex 4y agoMight run into issues with Wyze electronics.
- simondotau 4y agoMight I suggest monsterenergy.tv
- xeonax 4y agoSuggestion: SMORT TV/SMORT Appliances a sarcastic nod to smart.
- wyldfire 4y agoProbably best to avoid the conflict, per your advice. But if they're not really using the mark that way I doubt it's enforceable.
- bluGill 4y agoYou will make lawyers rich proving that. Even if you win, odds are you don't have enough cash to make the product after that fight.
- TurkishPoptart 4y agoThat's not fair!
- neilv 4y agoMaybe consider picking another brand, sooner rather than later? I like the name "dumbo", maybe coming from "dumb TV" and Jumbotron -- a nice, big TV/display without all the "smart TV" problems, and having fun naming something that's a bit of a cult niche -- but I also want your business to succeed. (Disney has been putting their Dumbo on TV since at least the 1980s. I don't know whether there are other Dumbos, but I could imagine lawyer billable hours destroying your margin regardless of the theoretical defensibility. Also, separate from US govt. offices and courts, there's ICANN, and I guess you could suddenly lose your domain name that way.)
- squarefoot 4y agoTAPKAST: The Appliance Previously Known As Smart TV I contains Tap and Cast (ok, Kast...) plus giving a nod to the famous Prince name copyright case.