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	krisse	2009-08-29 , 20:33
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Originally Posted by Reggie

I know a couple more that are coming with 'maemo' (mine included lol). Actually, these sites do more good than bad as they tend to promote the product(s) more, and sending C&D letters to these sites will just fuel negativity towards the company.

If you're commenting on a product rather than launching a rival, it's okay to use trademarks in your site's name. For example in the 1980s there were dozens of unauthorised commercial computer magazines which used trademarks like Sinclair, Commodore, Apple etc and none of them were ever sued (at least not successfully). As long as you don't use the trademark's logo, and as long as you make it clear it's unofficial, you should be fine.

In any case I think everyone's on safe ground with Nokia as they are more likely to send you a free loan device than a takedown notice. The other week Nokia sent me this:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/...an_450_ant.php

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