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Show HN: OhMyPocket – Open-source version of getpocket.com
- zz1 11y agoGreat to see this one out there! You should consider changing your name, as did the former poche (same kind of project), switching to Wallabag. https://www.wallabag.org/ https://www.wallabag.org/
- zhy0216 11y agowow! it is a similar project!!! your project is pretty cool!!
- zz1 11y agoIt is cool indeed, but is not mine. Author is https://twitter.com/nicosomb https://twitter.com/nicosomb
- zz1 11y agoAnd here is a part of the problems he had with Pocket (wich, at the end, was fairly reasonable) https://www.wallabag.org/blog/2014/01/24/open-letter-addressed-read-later-inc-creator-pocket https://www.wallabag.org/blog/2014/01/24/open-letter-address...
- zapier16 11y agoChange your name. It's not reasonable to think that you can use another company's name for a copy of their service.
- emsy 11y agoGreat, I will try it out later this evening! I used Wallabag before, which was already mentioned, but it has a session problem so you had to enter your password everytime you tried to use it. I hope I can replace it with this, keep it up!
- zz1 11y agoDid you report the problem, or is it a feature?
- kordless 11y agoTwo thoughts: 1. Change your name to random-walk. You simply can't use Pocket, as mentioned here by others. 2. Your project is basically unusable in it's current state. Update the repo with build instructions so others can get it running. I spent my limit (15-20 minutes) trying to get it running in a container and failed. Happy to do a PR with the container file if you get that cleaned up. Making your project usable for others is a requirement to get traction! Also, not cool using a pocket logo on the Google Play store. You need to fix that ASAP.
- dsp1234 11y agoIANAL, but getpocket doesn't appear to have a trademark registration[0] (and I don't think they could since it's such a weak mark [1]). So they may be able to get a design mark so that a similar logo can't be used, but it's entirely possible to use "pocket" for a similar service. So while it may be "nice" to not use a similar name, it's doesn't appear to be required in this particular case. [0] - http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4807%3A5yyuil.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=live&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=pocket&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4807%3A5... [1] - http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/naming-your-business-choosing-name-capable-trademark-protection http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/naming-your-business-choosin...
- zapier16 11y ago"Pocket" is trademarked by Pocket as it relates to similar services: The uspto's site make it hard to link to the actual registration but it's registration 4354899. It looks like they have trademarks for the word Pocket and it's logos. The word registration for example: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85540689&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85540689&caseType=SERIAL_N...
- dsp1234 11y agoYou're 100% correct. So my search wasn't exhaustive enough, and thus my assumptions and conclusion above are not correct.
- readme 11y agoPeople should do what is right whether it is legal or not. No one here said whether he was breaking the law. If he's gonna participate here then he should live up to the moral standard of HN. Not the laws of some country.
- afarrell 11y agoI get the objections to copyright and patent law, but is there a principled objection to trademark law that I'm missing here?