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Coke accidentally created an ad for our app. What should we do?

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Re: Coke accidentally created an ad for our app. What should we do?

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"Finally, does anyone speak Arabic?" Lol. The CIA has been asking that for years. In all seriousness, they probably didn't know they were doing it. If I were you I'd call a trademark/patent lawyer yesterday and see if you can register, given that you can show prior use. Coca-Cola is notorious as one of the absolute most-vicious companies on the planet when it comes to both registering and protecting their marks; ther…

How can anyone threaten anything when you have prior art?

Re: Coke accidentally created an ad for our app. What should we do?

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post #2

"Finally, does anyone speak Arabic?" Lol. The CIA has been asking that for years. In all seriousness, they probably didn't know they were doing it. If I were you I'd call a trademark/patent lawyer yesterday and see if you can register, given that you can show prior use. Coca-Cola is notorious as one of the absolute most-vicious companies on the planet when it comes to both registering and protecting their marks; ther…

How can anyone threaten anything when you have prior art?

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