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While IANAL, the issue isn't just "pin" — it's the word + the color + the font, all of which make the logo a lot more similar to Pinterest than the word alone s

While IANAL, the issue isn't just "pin" — it's the word + the color + the font, all of which make the logo a lot more similar to Pinterest than the word alone suggests.

rosser 13y ago
Exactly. Moreover, that's one of the nicest C&D letters I think I've ever seen: We ask you to ... [c]learly indicate that your service is not an official Pinterest service - after all you deserve the credit :) For a corporate communication of any sort, let alone a lawyergram, that's positively pleasant.
- rpgmaker 13y ago
  Screw that, in words of Theodore Roosevelt: "speak softly, and carry a big stick."
  - rosser 13y ago
    Or maybe they were thinking more along the lines of honey versus vinegar, if we're going to try reducing something as complicated as trademark law to clichés and homilies.
rpgmaker 13y ago
That's what I was thinking. Why didn't he just update the font and color of the logo?