I'm just an observer, but when I was going through the website, I couldn't find any tie or connection to the Fedora Project or use of any of our trademarks (other than "Fedora Design"). I visited all of the pages and tried to see if there was anywhere this might be the case, but I couldn't see anything other than the coincidental pairing of words.

As I said, I'm just an observer, but I think to act on this case may not be the best decision for Fedora… it's a website that isn't discernibly trying to piggyback off our brand name for their own benefit or use our trademark to steal traffic or notoriety. Trademark and our brand name is something that I believe is quintessential for us to protect, but I don't think it's being violated in this situation.

The way I think about it is if I were the owner of fedoradesign.com and I received an email asking to change my site name or a cease-and-desist letter, I would have a very sour opinion of the Fedora Project and think that the decision was in poor taste.

This is just my own 2¢.

Replying to [comment:1 jflory7]:

I'm just an observer, but when I was going through the website, I couldn't find any tie or connection to the Fedora Project or use of any of our trademarks (other than "Fedora Design"). I visited all of the pages and tried to see if there was anywhere this might be the case, but I couldn't see anything other than the coincidental pairing of words.

As I said, I'm just an observer, but I think to act on this case may not be the best decision for Fedora… it's a website that isn't discernibly trying to piggyback off our brand name for their own benefit or use our trademark to steal traffic or notoriety. Trademark and our brand name is something that I believe is quintessential for us to protect, but I don't think it's being violated in this situation.

The way I think about it is if I were the owner of fedoradesign.com and I received an email asking to change my site name or a cease-and-desist letter, I would have a very sour opinion of the Fedora Project and think that the decision was in poor taste.

This is just my own 2¢.
No you can not use Fedora in the domain, it's a trademark.

No you can not use Fedora in the domain, it's a trademark.

If it was that simple then domain registrations could just black list the word fedora and many others from being allowed in any domain. There are a lot of tests that need to be done by lawyers and a court to say if anything is a 'trademark violation'. [This is not to say that this is or is not a trademark violation just that they are rarely simple you can't do X.]

I will forward this concern to Legal for advice. Please don't discuss further here right now. Thanks.

Thanks for the report. As the site is in the business of selling rugs, rather than the areas our trademark covers, we're not going to follow up at this time.