And a good number of those "kik"s could theoretically have pkgs on npm. Further, you are entitled to your name based on "use in commerce"
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npm is operating in a sufficiently broad venue that trademark claims have to be based on violating the relevant category, which "kik" wasn't
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thought experiment: does kik have the right to demand a TV company reject an ad by another "kik" that is not a messaging product?
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@wycats Absolutely they do, if they believe it to be in scope. You can have a plumbing service called Kik, might not another app. -
@dhh there's a TM registered to a TX company for KIK internet services. -
@dhh but again, I accept TM justifications. NPM intentionally chose to expressly reject them. -
@wycats Which seems completely silly given that this whole thing was kicked (ha!) off by a TM holder approaching NPM. Denying the obvious. -
@dhh agreed. If they said the process was about TM disputed I'd know how to respond to frivolous filings in the future. - 1 more reply
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@wycats Trademarks are broader than just something as narrow as "messaging app". Try calling your next lib iCloud and see how that goes. -
@dhh KIK's trademark happens to be in that category. -
@dhh from their trademark: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wycats/1beac6a7b363c0ef6a9d/raw/d092b1537d84190277c04c4469565bd0b41fdee5/gistfile1.txt … - isn't broad enough to apply to "kik start" npm packages
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@wycats Not to mention that trade marks are a "local ordinance" on the Internet. NPM is international. - End of conversation
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@wycats personally I actually welcome npm making this decision based on the grounds they did. It seems reasonable and avoids legal. -
@wycats because them not doing that would legitimize quite a bit of name squatting. - 1 more reply
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@wycats what you are saying is that npm could have chosen not to do what they did and probably be right... Right?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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