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Supposedly, You can't use the term 'Woo' in a domain name -- Help!!!
I just got a cease and desist from a law firm representing Automattic for using the term 'Woo' in my domain name... Not even sure what to do! Help!
- ScottBurson 9y agoI see... they bought a company called WooCommerce a couple of years ago [0]. I think your choices are (a) find a different domain name or (b) talk to an attorney. You don't say what your site does, but if it's very different from e-commerce, you might be able to successfully fight this [1]. You will need a lawyer, though, and some amount of money. Good luck! [0] https://ma.tt/2015/05/woomattic/ https://ma.tt/2015/05/woomattic/ [1] http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/is-it-trademark-infringement http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/is-it-trademark-infri...
- woorefugee 9y agoThanks for the information, it's appreciated. Guess I am going to have to hire a lawyer. Part of the problem is that we distribute official WooCommerce extensions under the GPL General Public License... It's a legal grey area for sure.
- pmontra 9y agoYou should ask a lawyer and that costs money, unless Automattic did a McMansion and people will help you for free. But nobody will know unless you tell us your domain and what kind of services you provide there.
- woorefugee 9y agoThe site in question is; https://woorefugee.com https://woorefugee.com