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Yikes. Hadn't considered that. Hopefully not.
by a_band 5y ago
Yikes. Hadn't considered that. Hopefully not.
- globalise83 5y agoChange it to Sheetdonkey. Donkeys are cool and you only have to change one letter everywhere.
- dmje 5y agoYeh but then the brilliant "infinite monkeys" doesn't work on the pricing page [https://sheetmonkey.io/pricing.html https://sheetmonkey.io/pricing.html]. I mean, maybe infinite donkeys would do excellent Shakespeare too...
- NonEUCitizen 5y agoI'd change the name now while it's still early, so people won't have to go hunting for the new name later.
- I_complete_me 5y agoIf it's any consolation I did not have this thought.
- petepete 5y agoReally unfortunate, love the artwork!
- mritchie712 5y agoThis is the last thing you should be worried about
- primitivesuave 5y agoAs someone who had to research this recently, but is not a lawyer (so take this with a grain of salt): I would find it highly unlikely that a legal challenge arises over this. You are not doing anything on your site to mislead customers or cause confusion with surveymonkey, you clearly did not act in bad faith, it would be impossible to collect evidence that actual customer confusion occurred, and it is reasonable to think that customers looking to send surveys online are sophisticated enough to determine the products apart. The only possible trademark issue I can think of (I can't remember the exact case here, but it had to do with Polaroid) - a trademark holder can claim they intend to expand their operations to use the name, so SurveyMonkey could theoretically say they plan on expanding to [xyz]monkey without any obligation to actually do it.
- CPLX 5y agoThey didn’t go after Mailchimp. A good sign.