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I am not a lawyer but have been involved in various trademark registrations and disputes. The trademark is for the concatenation 'whoshere'. Given that both ar
by adamt 14y ago
I am not a lawyer but have been involved in various trademark registrations and disputes.
The trademark is for the concatenation 'whoshere'. Given that both are common words obvious to the topic I would have thought the interpretation would be very narrow and 'who's near me' is suitably different. I certainly don't think you should give in to their somewhat extortionate demands.
- ajross 14y agoEven given a very narrow interpretation, "here" and "near me" are basically synonyms. And as I understand it the apps are very equivalent too, they're selling the same product under a near-identical name. "Red" and "Hat" are common words too, but you'd never get away with trying to sell a linux distro named "Red Cap".
- fla 14y agoYou'd never get away with trying to sell a linux distro, anyway :)