Sorry that the links to USPTO don't work, but the TLDR is there are dozens of "KIK"s that have nothing to do with the kik messaging product
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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. -
@dhh the problem is it's not even clear they asked their lawyer what to do.
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@wycats They said that their policy is the user should get whatever he/she expects when typing `npm install <name>` -
@jlongster the only relevant law here is trademark, which is highly optimized for this very thing. -
@jlongster `npm install xxx` depends on the category, and there can be multiple categories with different answers. -
@jlongster in the ember case, someone might very well expect a package related to the realmac product
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@wycats meaning it's completely arbitrary and totally up to npm to decide whatever is the right package, crazyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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