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This is a really bad decision on npm's part. Kik's laywer has pulled a fast one on them. Kik has no right to enforce the Kik trademark beyond the limited set o

This is a really bad decision on npm's part. Kik's laywer has pulled a fast one on them. Kik has no right to enforce the Kik trademark beyond the limited set of goods and services listed in the trademark application [1]. Kik is a registered word mark for mobile messaging software only. That's why the trademark database contains many entries for just the word Kik, other companies own the use of that word for other goods and services. I'm really surprised that npm didn't push back against this. It's not like npm isn't full of trademarks: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pepsi https://www.npmjs.com/package/pepsi https://www.npmjs.com/package/coke https://www.npmjs.com/package/coke https://www.npmjs.com/package/kfc https://www.npmjs.com/package/kfc https://www.npmjs.com/package/virgin https://www.npmjs.com/package/virgin https://www.npmjs.com/package/sprint https://www.npmjs.com/package/sprint https://www.npmjs.com/package/nba https://www.npmjs.com/package/nba https://www.npmjs.com/package/nfl https://www.npmjs.com/package/nfl https://www.npmjs.com/package/google https://www.npmjs.com/package/google https://www.npmjs.com/package/yahoo https://www.npmjs.com/package/yahoo https://www.npmjs.com/package/skype https://www.npmjs.com/package/skype https://www.npmjs.com/package/word https://www.npmjs.com/package/word https://www.npmjs.com/package/excel https://www.npmjs.com/package/excel https://www.npmjs.com/package/unix https://www.npmjs.com/package/unix https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows https://www.npmjs.com/package/osx https://www.npmjs.com/package/osx [1] http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:liro6q.4.1 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:lir...

ShaneCurcuru 11y ago
Trademarks: even more understood to modern programmers than C++ multiple inheritance. Trademark owners - especially registered ones - can ask you to treat their mark any way they like. Legally, they can only try to enforce the basics of trademark law, but trademark litigation is typically expensive and risky. USPTO Pro Tip: links to their search are session-specific. You have to use the blue TSDR link to share: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86930821&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86930821&caseType=SERIAL_...

ShaneCurcuru 11y ago

Trademarks: even more understood to modern programmers than C++ multiple inheritance. Trademark owners - especially registered ones - can ask you to treat their mark any way they like. Legally, they can only try to enforce the basics of trademark law, but trademark litigation is typically expensive and risky. USPTO Pro Tip: links to their search are session-specific. You have to use the blue TSDR link to share: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86930821&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86930821&caseType=SERIAL_...