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Our trademark is a Canadian one, not an American one. We could have opted to get one in the US when we first registered, but cash was limited, so it wasn't real
by karjaluoto 17y ago
Our trademark is a Canadian one, not an American one. We could have opted to get one in the US when we first registered, but cash was limited, so it wasn't really an option. Plus, trademarks are like country domains--getting one everywhere just becomes impractical (unless you're MS).
The second aspect of the challenge was that they weren't in a directly competing area. We build websites and create little startup projects; we make no television content. As such, we would have had a pretty weak case on our hands.
And besides, this was much more fun. ;-)
BTW: Who's 'grellas?
- tptacek 17y agoBay area tech lawyer; one of the people on HN who I read via RSS on their SearchYC comments; invariably awesome. I am sorry about what happened to you guys. We're a small-ish firm too and I can only imagine how pissed I'd be if our name got Smashlabbed.
- karjaluoto 17y agoThanks for that--I appreciate it! We were pretty "choked" about the situation initially. Honestly, though, it all worked out pretty well, and the whole "smash lab sucks" thing proved to be a rather interesting experiment. And in the meanwhile, we receive some pretty interesting mail and phone calls. (Even a letter from an inmate who had an "idea" for the show.)