Sustainable snowcasso?

Doni did not patent the name and she said that she probably could not because the name is used to much. If Sustainable is using the name then it is just a marketing thing unless Doni is providing them with fish. Which would be hard to meet that demand.
 
Not sure... I'll say this though, I know she applied for the patent lol Heck, people have enough trouble telling the difference between an A perc and distant relatives, I'm sure people are going to call it whatever they want. But.... I have never seen Sustainable offer a Snowcasso. Sorry. They have their own names. I also know when Coral (I think it was Coral) magazine published a cheat sheet on clowns, Doni commented on it, and it was incorrect. Anyway, Snowcassos are hers.
 
Frankly, snowcasso is kind of a silly name. It implies that it is a cross between a snowflake and a picasso, which it is not.
 
As far as I know, Sustainable Aquatics has never offered a fish under the name "Snowcasso." As wdt2000 points out, SA does offer a fish called an "SA Snow Onyx" (a cross between an Onyx percula and a Snowflake ocellaris-pic below).
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that "Snowcasso" is the name Doni has given to a particular variant of percula bred from the ORA Picasso clown, it being a "pure" A. percula clown and not a hybrid.

Matt
 
You can't patent a name of a fish. A patent is an exclusive right to produce and sell an invention. Although she may have been the first to market a "snowcasso" she certainly did not invent clownfish. You also cannot patent anything that occurs naturally.

The term "Snowcasso" is a trade name (trademark) which means that the name "snowcasso" indicates that the fish has direct lineage to Doni. It would be a trademark infringement if another company is calling their fish a snowcasso, but they can sell the same fish, they just have to call it something different.
 
If you want snow's that look like Doni's, why not just go through her?
Great CS, that's where mine came from, couldn't be happier.
 
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