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"This is not a knee-jerk action" Yes, it is. The fact you did not know about a company branded "Kik" does not make you excempt from the law. A law which, surpr
by guhcampos 11y ago
"This is not a knee-jerk action"
Yes, it is. The fact you did not know about a company branded "Kik" does not make you excempt from the law. A law which, surprisingly enough, is being used in a reasonable situation here. Your package and their segment are closely enough related in context that people could assume they are actually related, giving you the power to essentially break their business if you do bad stuff.
In this case it's not really a trolling coming from them. You don't just brand your new beer brew "Coca-Cola" - there's no reasonable argument to do that besides being a troll.
P.S.: holy crap npm is so broken I'm glad I'm on the backend side of life.
- BHSPitMonkey 11y agoThey are not exempt from the law, but in this case the law does not actually support Kik's exercise of trademark. NPM's staff buckled under the lawyers' threats, but had it gone to court the case would get thrown out. Kik's trademark does not cover the functionality of this project.