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Poor naming, in my opinion. Don't be surprised to receive a letter from LinkedIn's legal team. I suggest renaming the project ASAP to avoid any potential tradem
by ablekh 7y ago
Poor naming, in my opinion. Don't be surprised to receive a letter from LinkedIn's legal team. I suggest renaming the project ASAP to avoid any potential trademark-related issues.
- choward 7y agoThat's pretty ridiculous. If Microsoft complained about this I would lose a lot of respect for them. This doesn't threaten linked in whatsoever. What other names can't be used because linked in exists? The possibilities are endless.
- fiddlerwoaroof 7y agoThey already have complained about a similar thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft
- ablekh 7y agoRidiculous? It seems that you are not familiar with "trademark likelihood of confusion" and similar concepts (see the U.S. Trademark Act, especially 15 U.S.C. §1052).
- sissbruecker 7y agoSorry, it was not my intention to bounce off the LinkedIn brand. Also I have no plans to build a product or brand out of this. Thanks for your warning, but with the information I currently have following up on it seems a bit extreme.
- ablekh 7y agoNo need to apologize, it was just a friendly "better safe, then sorry" warning (not sure why it was downvoted). Anyway, you're welcome. If you have no serious product/brand plans, perhaps, you have nothing to worry about.