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Considering I had almost exactly the same idea as "NextDoor", and that the name almost suggests itself, I don't think there's any merit to the lawsuit. To me a
by SomeCallMeTim 15y ago
Considering I had almost exactly the same idea as "NextDoor", and that the name almost suggests itself, I don't think there's any merit to the lawsuit.
To me anyway it was an obvious thing to try, though I haven't tried it out to see if they "stole" all of my ideas, or only the basic "connect with your neighbors" part. :)
- bond 15y agoFrom a poster there: "Perhaps you did not read the facts, this is no ordinary case. The name 'nextdoor' is in the first Fatdoor patent application, which was private at the time of disclosure! Benchmark agreed in writing to confidentiality, not once, but twice. Clearly, something fishy going on here. U.S. Patent Application number 2007/0218900 A1 titled “MAP BASED NEIGHBORHOOD SEARCH AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION” (See Exhibit 4) on which the name “Nextdoor.com” is clearly associated as the domain name intended to be used by Fatdoor, Inc. (page 21, col. 1, paragraph [0236])"
- nikcub 15y agothat poster sure does sound like somebody involved in the case