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They are lucky to still be in the App Store. Instagram's lawyers have been sending cease and desist letters to anyone using their trademark "Insta". Even apps w

• product50 9y ago
  Instapaper predates Instagram. Pretty sure that cease and desist won't work in their case.
• bvrlt 9y ago
  Instapaper exists since 2007 and has a trademark on the name filed in August 2010: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:v4hzyi.2.1 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:v4h... Instagram has their trademark since September 2011 (http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:v4hzyi.4.19 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:v4h...). So no, Instapaper is not "lucky" to still be in the App Store. Don't assume that because Instagram is well-known that they have more seniority and the rights and abilities to do whatever they want.
  • fredsir 9y ago
    > Don't assume that because Instagram is well-known that they have more seniority and the rights and abilities to do whatever they want. Though it's easy to assume in this day and age.
• bthdonohue 9y ago
  I believe this only applies to applications that use Instagram's API, which we do not. https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/19/instagram-cracks-down-on-connected-apps-using-insta-and-gram/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferd29c7&utm_medium=twitter https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/19/instagram-cracks-down-on-c...