More to this story http://figure53.com/notes/2014-02-04-david-and-goliath/
53 looks more and more like a jerk here
Paper, by MiSoft
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#12More to this story http://figure53.com/notes/2014-02-04-david-and-goliath/
53 looks more and more like a jerk here
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#13FiftyThree just posted this on Twitter: .@daringfireball please don’t take the bait. Paper by miSoft V1 was launched Sep 20th 2012, 5 month after us. https://twitter.com/FiftyThree/status/430845528805756928
That's interesting but I'm not sure launch date should be the date that determines when it's fair for you to have a name. FiftyThree's Paper is no doubt the better one (I was at WWDC and applauded them when they won their ADA), but some apps take a very long time to build. While you're building your masterpiece, some bozo could start and finish a lesser app and use your name before you have a chance to do anything about it.
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#14Imagine how angry Dunder Mifflin must be. When do we get to hear their version: "Paper, from Dunder Mifflin"
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#15tl;dr iOS Developer whining because he thought he could lay a special claim on a dictionary name ( ). Serves him well. ( ) Yes I know you brands do this all the time. It's bullshit.
There are so many companies that do this its outrageous. Target, Apple, and on and on. I don't even comprehend how they can even think they can own the word Paper in an app market.
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#16I honestly have to say that i find myself highly amused by people appropiating the names of everyday objects for their products, exhibiting no common sense or creativity, and then getting upset in true kindergarten style when others do the same thing.
Word.
Apple Pages. Adobe Ideas. Box. Facebook.
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#17From their open letter: "There’s a simple fix here. We think Facebook can apply the same degree of thought they put into the app into building a brand name of their own."
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#18Can you file, receive, and enforce a trademark on the app store? Presumably Apple respects that? It's a messy situation and resolving it at the trademark level seems like a fair and reasonable solution.
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#20FiftyThree just posted this on Twitter: .@daringfireball please don’t take the bait. Paper by miSoft V1 was launched Sep 20th 2012, 5 month after us. https://twitter.com/FiftyThree/status/430845528805756928
That's interesting but I'm not sure launch date should be the date that determines when it's fair for you to have a name. FiftyThree's Paper is no doubt the better one (I was at WWDC and applauded them when they won their ADA), but some apps take a very long time to build. While you're building your masterpiece, some bozo could start and finish a lesser app and use your name before you have a chance to do anything ab…
If your apps biggest selling point is that its named after a commonly used noun then I think you have problems. Its a similar concept to idea vs execution. We saw the same thing at the start of the internet revolution with domain squatting.