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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Replying to @wycats
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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Replying to @wycats
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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@jlongster the only relevant law here is trademark, which is highly optimized for this very thing.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jlongster `npm install xxx` depends on the category, and there can be multiple categories with different answers.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@jlongster in the ember case, someone might very well expect a package related to the realmac product
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