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Pfft. What a silly request. This is an entirely different application. Should we expect an upcoming blog post from 53 complaining that Crayola has released a n
by petenixey 13y ago
Pfft. What a silly request. This is an entirely different application.
Should we expect an upcoming blog post from 53 complaining that Crayola has released a new product entitled "Pencil"?
If you want to protect your name, use a protectable name. If you're going to use an entirely generic name then deal with it... wait hang on... Dunder Mifflin just called... they want their name back too.
Cool company, great products, daft blog post.
- phreeza 13y agoWhats more, Wacom also has an app called Paper, which does something very similar to 53 paper. Not sure which one was there first, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Wacom.
- mchusma 13y agoIt was Wacom. Which was why Paper called themselves "Paper by 53".
- tomweingarten 13y agoWacom seems to brand their product as Bamboo Paper. Was it always branded that way, or is it a reaction to 53/Facebook?
- mchusma 13y agoSorry, wrong developer, same point. The actual developer name is Contradictory. Timeline: (1) Contradictory made "Paper" (2) 53 made "Paper by 53", with the same function as "Paper" (just a lot better) (3) Facebook made "Paper - stories from Facebook"
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- throwaway420 13y agoInsofar as FiftyThree is merely making a polite request as a matter of professional courtesy rather than threatening legal action, then I don't think your criticism applies. They didn't get nasty about it, they didn't cite some bizarre legal arguments where they claimed to forever own the word Paper. They just made a cordial request. I think that's entirely reasonable and makes them come across very good in this situation.
- Touche 13y agoI disagree. They're trying to shame others into giving in to them owning the word "paper".
- pron 13y agoMaking a cordial request about it to Facebook is one thing; publicizing it (probably in an effort to shame Facebook) is another.
- throwaway420 13y agoThere's a very real possibility that FiftyThree is going to get impacted in all kinds of searches because of this. I don't begrudge them for taking advantage of a marketing opportunity that will get written about in the media that they'd be fools to not take advantage of. Their business could conceivably be on the line. You're certainly free to disagree or feel all the sympathy you want to for Facebook here, but I don't think most people would see it the same way.
- qq66 13y agoThese are the risks of choosing a product name that is one of the most common items in the world. The benefits are familiarity and comfort; the risk is that anyone can start using it.
- madoublet 13y agoIt could also have a positive effect by increasing the overall search volume for that term.
- LePoneyRouge 13y ago"Paper" can be protected as "Candy" was.
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