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They can't use the name LibreSignal because it has the word Signal in it? Wow, even Microsoft didn't behave that juvenile about LibreOffice.
by snowpanda 10y ago
They can't use the name LibreSignal because it has the word Signal in it?
Wow, even Microsoft didn't behave that juvenile about LibreOffice.
- metaobject 10y agoYeah, they just sued some high school kid because of the domain name he chose: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft
- fapjacks 10y agoI don't know about Canadian trademark law, but at least in the States, if you don't put effort into defending your trademark, you lose it. Completely different country, I know, but perhaps there's something similar in their law.