"Dinner With Friends" is a play that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, but I'm sure there are earlier examples.
http://www.amazon.com/Dinner-Friends-Donald-Margulies/dp/155...
Zynga wants me to change the name of my product
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#12It'll never make it to court. Simply a scare letter. Safe to throw it in the trash and forget about it.
That's a fairly cavalier attitude to a mater that can get very costly. Scare letter or not, this is definitely a case where you better err on the side of caution.
If they were serious, they would have sent more than an email.
Re: Zynga wants me to change the name of my product
#13"Dinner With Friends" is a play that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, but I'm sure there are earlier examples. http://www.amazon.com/Dinner-Friends-Donald-Margulies/dp/155...
This is a trademark issue-- not copyright. "Likelihood of confusion" on the part of the consumers is the main standard. Seems unlikely a a judge or jury will find that the reasonable consumer will conflate the app and the play.
Re: Zynga wants me to change the name of my product
#14"Dinner With Friends" is a play that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, but I'm sure there are earlier examples. http://www.amazon.com/Dinner-Friends-Donald-Margulies/dp/155...
This is a trademark issue-- not copyright. "Likelihood of confusion" on the part of the consumers is the main standard. Seems unlikely a a judge or jury will find that the reasonable consumer will conflate the app and the play.
Sure, but trademark is vulnerable even more than copyright on issues of generic construction.