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In the links you've shared, I thought the author (Azer) was on the right to behave the way he did. I don't see it as a reason to discount his current experience
by neya 6y ago
In the links you've shared, I thought the author (Azer) was on the right to behave the way he did. I don't see it as a reason to discount his current experience because of that either.
- superasn 6y agoActually if anyone behaved poorly, it was npm not Azer. I'm shocked to see that something like this could happen on npm - where a single threat of getting lawyers involved can get your package transferred away from you. It really wants to make me not publish anything on npm too actually.
- egeozcan 6y agoTotally agree. I'm shocked to see that people actually think less of Azer because of what he did. Why keep your work on a company that bullies you like that?
- jv22222 6y agoJust came here to say the same thing. He didn't need to swear and be so bratty about it, but yeah it seems to me he was not wrong.
- leppr 6y ago"Integrity" is not a desirable trait in this day and age. A developer is of little use if they don't respond to short term individualistic incentives.
- DDR0 6y agoAu contraire. A developer with integrity will become a senior with integrity, and when you're dealing with people -- which you will be if you are not already -- you get a reputation for being fair and just. People will not deal anywhere near as favourably if you have a reputation for displaying a severe lack of integrity.
- chmod775 6y agoThey would have no case if they actually tried to go after him to "defend" their trademark. His mail was just empty threats. You can't just trademark 3 letters in a way so that nobody else can use them. In fact there's hundreds of trademarks that are the letters "kik" in various logos[1]. What they trademarked is a bunch of specific logos containing those letters. Doesn't prevent other people from also using those 3 letters in some other way. In fact when he wrote "kik", my first thought was the he was talking about the German textile discount store - which is the first result for me when I google those letters. [1]: https://trademarks.justia.com/search?q=kik https://trademarks.justia.com/search?q=kik
- abduhl 6y agoWhat is the cost to defend against a lawsuit where the person suing you has “no case,” especially in the USA where the American rule for lawyer fees governs?
- otterley 6y agoBP, BMW, and GE (among countless others) disagree and would be happy to haul you into court to prove to you that you are wrong if you misuse their trademarks. It's easy to be an armchair HN lawyer when you have no skin in the game.
- justin66 6y ago> BP, BMW, and GE (among countless others) disagree and would be happy to haul you into court to prove to you that you are wrong if you misuse their trademarks. As an attorney, do you think he was misusing the "Kik" trademark?
- otterley 6y agoI know this sounds like a cop-out answer, but as an attorney, I would zealously represent my client on either side. I don't know all the facts here, but I do know that as a practical matter, it comes down to a whole bunch of factors, among them, use in commerce, possibility of confusion, etc. But I can say that judges take a dim view of people who tell others to "fuck off" and who appear not to have a justifiable reason for using a name nor a long history of doing so. I also know that bullies don't always win - Nissan Computer still owns nissan.com, not the motor company.