David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoHello Matt this is your lawer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep posting this shitnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkHello Matt this is your lawer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep posting this shitnews.ycombinator.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squaresmpl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIf you modify a trademarked product and sell/distribute it, you can’t use the trademarked name to describe it unless you get permission to do so.
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agounsurprisingly, it turns out to be vastly more complicated than that
minus-squaresmpl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoUnless you refer to something other than violation of a trademark, I’m curious to know how it’s more complicated than that?
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWP was explicitly not a trademarked term
minus-squaresmpl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI haven’t stumpled upon anything that complained about the use of the letters WP.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWhat do you think the trademark claim against WPEngine is exactly?
If you modify a trademarked product and sell/distribute it, you can’t use the trademarked name to describe it unless you get permission to do so.
unsurprisingly, it turns out to be vastly more complicated than that
Unless you refer to something other than violation of a trademark, I’m curious to know how it’s more complicated than that?
WPwas explicitly not a trademarked termI haven’t stumpled upon anything that complained about the use of the letters WP.
What do you think the trademark claim against WPEngine is exactly?