<div dir="ltr"><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">oh I know :)</font></font></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Merci Javier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mercijavier@gmail.com" target="_blank">mercijavier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>Just responding to the original post :-)<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">emil@themeid.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Just so that we're clear, I never said anything about Responsive</font><div>
<font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">at all. My examples were generic, like default Theme.</font></div>
<div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If everyone else agrees that this is allowed, sure, go for it,</font></div>
<div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I personally could care less. At the same time this should</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">be changed for all names, not just going after one specific</font></div>
<div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">name.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">And on the end, we're coming down to what Chip just said,</font></div>
<div><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">mess, ugliness etc. It's more than just a name :)</font></div>
</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><div dir="ltr">Agreed. That's why it is a case-by-case issue. A generic term like "responsive" has several meanings.<div>
<br></div><div>But Apple very much would have a Trademark infringement claim if someone made a "Granny Smith Apple OS". Likewise, Emil would have a valid complaint if someone made a "Responsive Reloaded" or "Better Than Responsive" Theme name.</div>
<div><br></div><div>See what I mean about subjectivity? It's messy. It's ugly. It's subject to interpretation and opinion.</div><div><br></div><div>My goal is to balance due diligence against the need to have a law degree just to review Themes.</div>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><div>On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Merci Javier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mercijavier@gmail.com" target="_blank">mercijavier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>There's no trademark infringement on one word, specially none as generic as responsive. If one put an "Apple" theme where design was about apples etc., Apple can't touch that. I know of a company who sued a competitor for using Yellow Pages plus and lost, didn't get to court, got thrown out. <br>
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<br>So in effect, if someone used My Responsive World as theme name, that's no cause to reject the theme. No infringement at all.<br>
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