14. Desirable Attributes of Brand Names
6. Avoid infringing on other people's trademarks
7. Proper domain name availability*
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15. Name Design Process
Decomposition method
1 2
Generate List Manipulate
of Chunks Chunks
3 4
Evaluate Concept
Testing
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16. Name Design Process
Decomposition method
1 2
Generate List Manipulate
of Chunks Chunks
3 4
Evaluate Concept
Testing
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17. Name Design Process
Example: Bike Seat
1 Generate List of Chunks 2 Manipulate Chunks
Dictionary Word
Seat , Bike, Ride, Roll, Flex Use Directly
Fast, Next, Soft, Saddle
Proper Nouns and Derivative
Swiss, Armstrong Combine
Other Roots (often from latin or Greek)
Mutate
Velo, Legger, Corsa
Affixes
Affix
Pro- -max- -tech
neo- -star- -city
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18. Name Design Process
Example: Bike Seat
1 Generate List of Chunks 2 Manipulate Chunks
Dictionary Word
Seat , Bike, Ride, Roll, Flex Use Directly
Fast, Next, Soft, Saddle
Proper Nouns and Derivative
Swiss, Armstrong Combine
Other Roots (often from latin or Greek)
Mutate
Velo, Legger, Corsa
Affixes
Affix
Pro- -max- -tech
neo- -star- -city
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19. Name Design Process
Example: Bike Seat
1 Generate List of Chunks 2 Manipulate Chunks
Dictionary Word
Seat , Bike, Ride, Roll, Flex Use Directly
Fast, Next, Soft, Saddle
Proper Nouns and Derivative
Swiss, Armstrong Combine
Other Roots (often from latin or Greek)
Mutate
Velo, Legger, Corsa
Affixes
Affix
Pro- -max- -tech
neo- -star- -city
Monday, 28 January, 13
20. Name Design Process
Example: Bike Seat
1 Generate List of Chunks 2 Manipulate Chunks
Dictionary Word
Seat , Bike, Ride, Roll, Flex Use Directly
Fast, Next, Soft, Saddle
Proper Nouns and Derivative
Swiss, Armstrong Combine
Other Roots (often from latin or Greek)
Mutate
Velo, Legger, Corsa
Affixes
Affix
Pro- -max- -tech
neo- -star- -city
Monday, 28 January, 13
21. Name Design Process
Example: Bike Seat
1 Generate List of Chunks 2 Manipulate Chunks
Dictionary Word
Seat , Bike, Ride, Roll, Flex Use Directly
Fast, Next, Soft, Saddle
Proper Nouns and Derivative
Swiss, Armstrong Combine
Other Roots (often from latin or Greek)
Mutate
Velo, Legger, Corsa
Affixes
Affix
Pro- -max- -tech
neo- -star- -city
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22. Name Design Process
Examples
Ride Amazon
Use Directly Armsttong Blackberry
Flex Saturn
Spaulding
Apple
Softride
Nextride Betty Crocker
Flexseat BearingPoint
Combine SwissFlex Boston Dynamic
Velosoft Microsoft
Proseat ScoopFree
Flexmax Silicon Graphics
Terrapass
Zeat Bing
Flast Google
Mutate Kodak
Rollo
Vioxx
Xootr
Nextride eBay
Sofrol Fedex
Affix Neoflex XPULT
Swistar
Saddio
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