<div dir="ltr">Sorry, those links don't work. Friggin' USPTO.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86058407&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch">http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86058407&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch</a><br></div><div><a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85296886&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch">http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85296886&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>-Otto</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Bryan Hadaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bhadaway@gmail.com" target="_blank">bhadaway@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>For example, this theme <a href="http://designmodo.com/startup-wordpress/" target="_blank">http://designmodo.com/startup-wordpress/</a> is ripping off my officially trademarked theme name <a href="https://startupwp.com/startup-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">https://startupwp.com/startup-wordpress-theme/</a> and they refuse to stop. </div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span>You do indeed have a trademark on "Startup": <a href="http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4803:ptqj72.2.50" target="_blank">http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4803:ptqj72.2.50</a><div><br></div><div>Funnily enough, so does Apple: <a href="http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4803:ptqj72.2.121" target="_blank">http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4803:ptqj72.2.121</a></div><div><br></div><div>Not judging, just saying that realistically, we're not trademark enforcement. We shouldn't have to be. </div><div><br></div><div>But, we certainly should be able to recognize when somebody is, perhaps unintentionally, creating confusion or problems in our directory. Reviewers can use their best judgement here, and if it's questioned, then the admins can use theirs too, without having to be limited to some rigidly defined rule.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>-Otto</div></div></div><div> </div></font></span></div><br></div></div></div>
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