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Pomodoro is registered trademark and they protect it all the time. I would be careful... https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-trademark-guidelines http

by sccxy 4y ago

Pomodoro is registered trademark and they protect it all the time. I would be careful... https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-trademark-guidelines https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-trademark-guidel...

seydor 4y ago
I noticed that the other day. what about sites like pomofocus.io?
snthd 4y ago
Trademark search - https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/results?page=1&pageSize=30&criteria=C&basicSearch=pomodoro&fAName=CIRILLO%20FRANCESCO,Francesco%20Cirillo https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/results?page=1&pageSize... The main one survived an attempt to revoke it https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=DAF18AEA152AB041E7B9AF52B4558318?text=&docid=255955&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=986587 https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsession...
KMnO4 4y ago
Don’t tell the Italians. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-italian/tomato https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-italian...
- MarcellusDrum 4y ago
  Well it is similar to how "Apple" is a trademark. They don't own the rights of the fruit, obviously, but you can't use the word "Apple" as an electronics (maybe even software) company.
  - Guidii 4y ago
    Don't forget a music company... no wait, different Apple.
    - rpastuszak 4y ago
      And my favourite Portuguese greengrocer, Apple.come: https://shopinporto.porto.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/04-Apple-Com_14__DSC1794-Edit.jpg https://shopinporto.porto.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/04-A...
    - sccxy 4y ago
      Apple Corps (Music) vs Apple (Computers) had 30 years of legal disputes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
      - fragmede 4y ago
        Which concluded with Apple Computers buying them out in 2007-2010 in order to create Apple Music.
      - BrandoElFollito 4y ago
        Similar to the nissan.com case: https://nissan.com/ https://nissan.com/
hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
Wonder if you could just call it "TomatoTime"?
- drawkbox 4y ago
  There is a "Tomato Timer". [1] Looks like it was bought recently. [1] https://tomato-timer.com/ https://tomato-timer.com/
  - fragmede 4y ago
    Tomatoes with Friends?
    - greenpeas 4y ago
      Pomodachi: pomodoro + tomodachi(friend)
ohazi 4y ago
I often refer to generic store brand Pomodoro as "The Tomatillo Method"
baby 4y ago
It's been used forever as the term for the technique, I doubt that trademark is claimable
- yencabulator 4y ago
  It should be perfectly claimable within the scope of the trademark. Peloton is general purpose term from bicycle racing, but Peloton(tm) is trademark covering e.g. stationary exercise bikes: https://trademarks.justia.com/857/75/peloton-85775447.html https://trademarks.justia.com/857/75/peloton-85775447.html I think you're arguing that "Pomodoro timer" has become Kleenexed. That's a huge risk to take, given how narrow the audience for such is to begin with. The average layperson can use the word "Kleenex" for any product in that category, but the average layperson hasn't even heard of a "Pomodoro timer". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleenex#Kleenex_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleenex#Kleenex_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark
wkrsz 4y ago
Name idea: "La Tomatina", after the festival in Spain with tomato fights.

by sccxy 4y ago

seydor 4y ago

I noticed that the other day. what about sites like pomofocus.io?

snthd 4y ago

Trademark search - https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/results?page=1&pageSize=30&criteria=C&basicSearch=pomodoro&fAName=CIRILLO%20FRANCESCO,Francesco%20Cirillo https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/results?page=1&pageSize... The main one survived an attempt to revoke it https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=DAF18AEA152AB041E7B9AF52B4558318?text=&docid=255955&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=986587 https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsession...

KMnO4 4y ago

Don’t tell the Italians. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-italian/tomato https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-italian...

MarcellusDrum 4y ago
Well it is similar to how "Apple" is a trademark. They don't own the rights of the fruit, obviously, but you can't use the word "Apple" as an electronics (maybe even software) company.
- Guidii 4y ago
  Don't forget a music company... no wait, different Apple.
  - rpastuszak 4y ago
    And my favourite Portuguese greengrocer, Apple.come: https://shopinporto.porto.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/04-Apple-Com_14__DSC1794-Edit.jpg https://shopinporto.porto.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/04-A...
  - sccxy 4y ago
    Apple Corps (Music) vs Apple (Computers) had 30 years of legal disputes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
    - fragmede 4y ago
      Which concluded with Apple Computers buying them out in 2007-2010 in order to create Apple Music.
    - BrandoElFollito 4y ago
      Similar to the nissan.com case: https://nissan.com/ https://nissan.com/

hn_throwaway_99 4y ago

Wonder if you could just call it "TomatoTime"?

drawkbox 4y ago
There is a "Tomato Timer". [1] Looks like it was bought recently. [1] https://tomato-timer.com/ https://tomato-timer.com/
- fragmede 4y ago
  Tomatoes with Friends?
  - greenpeas 4y ago
    Pomodachi: pomodoro + tomodachi(friend)

ohazi 4y ago

I often refer to generic store brand Pomodoro as "The Tomatillo Method"

baby 4y ago

It's been used forever as the term for the technique, I doubt that trademark is claimable

yencabulator 4y ago
It should be perfectly claimable within the scope of the trademark. Peloton is general purpose term from bicycle racing, but Peloton(tm) is trademark covering e.g. stationary exercise bikes: https://trademarks.justia.com/857/75/peloton-85775447.html https://trademarks.justia.com/857/75/peloton-85775447.html I think you're arguing that "Pomodoro timer" has become Kleenexed. That's a huge risk to take, given how narrow the audience for such is to begin with. The average layperson can use the word "Kleenex" for any product in that category, but the average layperson hasn't even heard of a "Pomodoro timer". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleenex#Kleenex_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleenex#Kleenex_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark

wkrsz 4y ago

Name idea: "La Tomatina", after the festival in Spain with tomato fights.