MeeGo was an open-source, Linux-based operating system project for mobile devices, created through the merger of Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo platforms. Announced in February 2010 at Mobile World Congress, the project was hosted by the Linux Foundation, which owned the MeeGo trademark and its related logos and characters.[1][2]
Design and History
The MeeGo logo was a typographic wordmark that rendered the project name in two-tone lettering. The mark was owned by the Linux Foundation, which stewarded the MeeGo workgroup and made the logo available for download through official press materials at the project’s launch.[1][3]
In October 2010, the Linux Foundation enforced its trademark rights over the MeeGo name and logo when it requested that the openSUSE community project “Smeegol,” a netbook interface built on MeeGo, change its name. The Foundation stated that it “must consistently control the use of any form of the word MeeGo and the related logos and characters to avoid confusion,” citing trademark dilution concerns.[2]
The Linux Foundation’s trademark usage guidelines formally listed “MeeGo” and the “MeeGo logo” among the trademarks owned by the Foundation.[4]
Meaning and Symbolism
Documented color specifications for the MeeGo logo indicate a two-color palette. The primary logo combined PMS 425C (a dark gray) with PMS 2607C (a purple). On black backgrounds, the “Mee” portion of the wordmark was rendered in PMS 421C (a lighter gray) while “Go” appeared in white.[5]
Typography and Design
The MeeGo wordmark was a simple typographic lockup with no accompanying icon or symbol. The project also maintained a style guide that included branded characters, which required attribution when used.[6] The style guide was hosted on the project’s wiki at wiki.meego.com.[6]
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