real original name

site is offline again.


BTW Essencay, the name 'skindicate'/'the skindicate' has never been copyrighted. Also, there has never been a domain name for any of both.
Never been a website for both too, or well, maybe: http://www.integration-worx.com, but this dasn't exist anymore.
The only thing for the name is that it has been used for 2 skinners to work togheter.
I came up with the name and after that I found out it had already been used before.

So, lets take a closer look. Skindicate is 'treetog' and 'dangeruss' (hope I am not forgetting anyone...)
It was used to create the suite "Polymer". So, what exactly is this suite?
Published: 15.10.2000

I mean, that is 4 years ago!

After contacting the "owners" of the name (witch is a bit tricky to say as there the name is 'nothing' exept for some usernames) I got 2 responces.
I wont say who gave what because that dasn't really matter. I got:

1 - Yes sure you can use it, I can see why you want to use it because its a great name. We have no further intensions of ever using the name again and also have no copyrights on it so go ahead...

2 - No you cant use it because We used it in the past and you would 'steal' our name (or the memories people would have with that name)...

I find it very hard to think that people who are my 'potential customer' will ever know that the name was used before. I am delivering custom interface designs, most of them 'high end'. (witch is already a huge diffrend then application skins).
AND, people who come to me and order a skin aren't familair with skinning, or atleast no 'regular skinners', if they were, they would have created the skin themself.

If they are no 'regular skinners' they could never know the name. I mean, I have been here for a while now and didn't know the name was used before.

I never would use the name if I didn't like it this much and heard some comments from other people that were telling me something else then the 'general' sound of this board

But hey, I will just wait and see how things come togheter, Still looking for a name so maybe I find a better one.

Shame on you...Styl! People here have long memories. https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?id=266850&BID=WC&page=1#267266 get over the name and move on....

Styl, are you still looking to go into the corporate identity business? If you are, then I stronly advise you to stay away from the Skindicate name. First, it has nothing to do with corporate identity, and second borrowing somebody else's identity isn't something I think you should do if you want to convince people you can create their own unique identity.  It doesn't matter that you didn't know about the Skindicate before. Now you do, and it's what you do with that information now that will tell people what kind of business you want to engage into.

And what's wrong with styl-x anyway? It's a great name. And a fitting one for corporate branding too.

I will send some emails asking if it would be a prolbem if I used 'skyndicate' with an Y. This would avoid google searches to come up with treetog and russ.

Don't know who said it but I just love the slogan "We Will Make You An Image You CAN'T Refuse"

that one is just great

WTF is the T-Ford?

maybe skincredible....

Skintacular

InterSkin

KickAsSkinz!

They are all nice but I want the name to have a bit of 'professional' look. It wont be 'just me' creating some skins, this far we have 3 people on a regular basis and this will probably become 5 people.