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jsprogrammer·Mar 23, 2016

"kik" is not actually a Trademark of KIK Interactive. They do have "KIK" trademarked[0], but it is only claimed for: >Computer software for use with mobile phones and portable computing devices to exchange, share and create text with other users; computer software for electronic messaging services; computer software for use with mobile phones and portable computing devices to exchange and share digital photos; computer software for use with mobile phones and portable computing devices to download audio, video, digital photos and programs; electronic payment systems, namely, a computer application software used for processing electronic payments to and from others; computer software for use with mobile phones and portable computing devices to create video and digital photos to share with other users; computer software for use with mobile p

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hones to launch other applications and connect to other software services. >Electronic payment services >Electronic messaging services; wireless digital messaging services; telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of text messages; telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of digital photos; telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of audio, video, digital photos and computer programs; computer services, namely, providing interactive technology that allows users to create video and share audio and video with other users; telecommunications services, namely, providing computer software services for use with mobile phones and portable computing devices to create video and digital photos to share with other users. As far as I can tell, kik [1] does not provide goods or services even remotely related to the KIK trademark. [0] http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4807:385... [1] https://github.com/azer/kik

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thruff·Mar 23, 2016

Under close reading, I can't help but wonder if this was all just a big misunderstanding. What sticks out to me is this line from the third email: ... if you actually release an open source project called kik, our trademark lawyers ... But that makes no sense! The "open source project" Azer is talking about is already out in the open[1]. "Actually release" is an extremely weird way to talk about that, right? That makes me wonder if when Bob saw "Sorry, I’m building an open source project with that name", he read, "There is a larger project called 'kik' I'm working on, maybe including a web site, marketing materials, other developers, SEO..." That would raise a flag, right? So he tries to point out, quite reasonably, that they'd really have no choice but to try to protect their trademark in that case. They'd have to go after the domain

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name, the Twitter handle, anything else that was confusing consumers about what "kik" refers to. Wouldn't it be easier for everyone to change the name before all that stuff is launched? But of course Azer doesn't have plans for any of that, and he didn't pick up on the hint, so what he hears is "Contrary to our claim to be friendly, we're planning to get our lawyers involved to shut down your npm module." And his response is, understandably though maybe not rationally, "Fuck you." And here we are. [1] https://github.com/azer/kik

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