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I think that unfortunately this was a foregone conclusion. Copyright law, like most other laws in our society, favor corporate interests. I support his stand o

by jwiley 11y ago

I think that unfortunately this was a foregone conclusion. Copyright law, like most other laws in our society, favor corporate interests. I support his stand on principal, however. Azer is a talented developer and has an impressive life story, and has certainly contributed more to society than a social network well know for invading children's privacy. https://medium.com/@azerbike/i-owe-my-career-to-an-iraqi-immigrant-2c075a495b25#.355he9y0b https://medium.com/@azerbike/i-owe-my-career-to-an-iraqi-imm... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kik_Messenger#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kik_Messenger#Controversies

jahewson 11y ago
So, this has nothing to do with copyright law. The word "Kik" is not a creative literary work. It is a registered trademark though: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:liro6q.4.1 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:lir... I don't think there's a problem with trademark law here, I doubt that their claim is legally enforceable against the name of an npm module, as it's pretty obviously outside the goods and services which their mark is registered for. The problem is that npm are capitulating to what I suspect is an invalid request. As is often the case, people are scared of lawyers and forget that they have rights.
cyphar 11y ago
Copyright law is not at all related to this. It was a trademark dispute. You might've fallen into the trap of grouping several unrelated laws into "Intellectual Property", a misnomer which confuses confusion when discussing such laws.
- jwiley 11y ago
  Good points...I threw out copyright law when trademark is the better terminology
gengkev 11y ago
did you see how he responded to Kik's request? https://medium.com/@mproberts/a-discussion-about-the-breaking-of-the-internet-3d4d2a83aa4d https://medium.com/@mproberts/a-discussion-about-the-breakin...

by jwiley 11y ago

jahewson 11y ago

So, this has nothing to do with copyright law. The word "Kik" is not a creative literary work. It is a registered trademark though: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:liro6q.4.1 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:lir... I don't think there's a problem with trademark law here, I doubt that their claim is legally enforceable against the name of an npm module, as it's pretty obviously outside the goods and services which their mark is registered for. The problem is that npm are capitulating to what I suspect is an invalid request. As is often the case, people are scared of lawyers and forget that they have rights.

cyphar 11y ago

Copyright law is not at all related to this. It was a trademark dispute. You might've fallen into the trap of grouping several unrelated laws into "Intellectual Property", a misnomer which confuses confusion when discussing such laws.

jwiley 11y ago
Good points...I threw out copyright law when trademark is the better terminology

gengkev 11y ago

did you see how he responded to Kik's request? https://medium.com/@mproberts/a-discussion-about-the-breaking-of-the-internet-3d4d2a83aa4d https://medium.com/@mproberts/a-discussion-about-the-breakin...