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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@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 precisely the kind of totally-accessible-to-the-layman argument deflected "you aren't a lawyer so don't have a legal opinion". -
@wycats which, given that there were zero lawyers involved in the decision, was certainly one of the worst parts of this whole episode.
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