Looking at Bvckup then w/ these considerations in mind, yes the trademark is available and so was the domain, but on the third count it fails. My 2 cents.
Looking at Bvckup then w/ these considerations in mind, yes the trademark is available and so was the domain, but on the third count it fails. My 2 cents.
> if someone can't spell your name after hearing it, it's a fail.
Practically speaking - why is it a fail? Who are the prospective users that I am going to loose over this?
Or rather, every user who doesn't because the producer can't work out how to pronounce it, so it never goes on the teleprompter.
That's not "practically speaking". If I ever to get a TV coverage, that'd be of TWiT or similar, and I'm sure Leo can manage to pronounce it and follow-up with the URL on the screen.
>Practically speaking - why is it a fail? Who are the prospective users that I am going to loose over this?
I'd modify this slightly - I can't say it after reading it. "B-vuck up"? Sounds ugly and is not consistent with other English word forms. It's not only that it's hard for people to communicate but also it may be hard for people to internalise. How do you read it's name - I simply skip over the name, it makes reading copy with the name in it disjointed.
Now, this could work for you if your product is strong enough - if the product has a global brand behind it then I can see people going "sheesh ACME Corp's new product, have you heard the name ..." and this actually gaining you some mindshare. You'd simply pronounce it "backup" and people would know that ACME Corp spell backup with a funny A.
Other than that I personally go with this as a name fail.