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CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Re: CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Post by erredois »

new299 wrote: post #10

I wonder to what extent companies consider the reputational damage these kinds of enforcement actions cause. I recently came across this when googling for information on a small Biotech startup: https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=65fab3e46fc02956a010... Will probably be the first thing I remember when I hear their name.

Remindes me of someone I met a long time ago that had the Zeppelin last name, and could not use on Facebook because and agreement between Facebook and the band Led Zeppelin blocked it.

Re: CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Post by rainsford »

nerdponx wrote: post #35
ronsor wrote: post #28

Judging by the amount of upvotes this post has received, I believe CrowdStrike has made a major PR mistake.

Who cares if it doesn't hurt revenue?

I certainly don't want to claim everyone on Hacker News is a high powered CISO making EDR purchasing decisions for their Fortune 500 company or whatever, but I feel like there are enough people with actual influence who read this site that if I was a security company (or any tech company) I wouldn't want front page stories that make me look petty about getting rightly clowned on after a fuck-up of galactic proportions.

Re: CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Post by znkynz »

toast0 wrote: post #83
cj wrote: post #33

FWIW: CSC is a company that other companies hire to act on its behalf. It's very likely that the company you work for uses CSC as it's registered agent in the State of Delaware for administrative purposes (CSC doesn't really do anything other than exist on paper and file annual forms to satisfy legal and compliance requirements necessary for companies to exist in the US). I wasn't aware they file DMCA requests on beh…

> I wasn't aware they file DMCA requests on behalf of companies... that seems off brand for them. CSC is a well know high value domain registrar. Similar to MarkMonitor. I'm not surprised CSC does brand protection, also similar to MarkMonitor. When I was at an employer that became a MarkMonitor customer, we didn't have enough domain business to meet the minimum spend, so we started using the Brand Protection "for fre…

Have used CSC for domain / brand protection. They offer a reputable service in this space, but i must admit, i developed the view that CSC much be a surreal place to work - i just couldn't figure out what/how/why motivates people to their mission. [obv, employee compensation]

Re: CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Post by herman_toothrot »

new299 wrote: post #10

I wonder to what extent companies consider the reputational damage these kinds of enforcement actions cause. I recently came across this when googling for information on a small Biotech startup: https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=65fab3e46fc02956a010... Will probably be the first thing I remember when I hear their name.

RIP Uzi Nissan of Nissan Computer Company.

Re: CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Post by batch12 »

aragonite wrote: post #63
cj wrote: post #33

FWIW: CSC is a company that other companies hire to act on its behalf. It's very likely that the company you work for uses CSC as it's registered agent in the State of Delaware for administrative purposes (CSC doesn't really do anything other than exist on paper and file annual forms to satisfy legal and compliance requirements necessary for companies to exist in the US). I wasn't aware they file DMCA requests on beh…

Reminds me of that time when Mike Bloomberg's lawyers preemptively registered 400 .nyc domains for him, apparently without his knowledge, many of which are hilariously negative (MikeIsTooShort.nyc, MikeBloombergIsADweeb.nyc, GetALifeMike.nyc etc.): https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-nyc-domain-...

I bet that brainstorming session was a blast

Re: CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Post by NBJack »

ronsor wrote: post #28

Judging by the amount of upvotes this post has received, I believe CrowdStrike has made a major PR mistake.

Streisand Effect in full force here. This is more than just a PR mistake now. I look forward to it being picked up by major news outlets.

Re: CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Post by diego_sandoval »

new299 wrote: post #10

I wonder to what extent companies consider the reputational damage these kinds of enforcement actions cause. I recently came across this when googling for information on a small Biotech startup: https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=65fab3e46fc02956a010... Will probably be the first thing I remember when I hear their name.

Mr. Scipio had to provide evidence, lose his privacy and justify his use of the domain name to avoid losing it.

That is enough proof to conclude that this UDRP thing is deeply unfair and should not exist.

"First come, first served" is much more fair than this "burden of proof falls on the defendant" nonsense.

We'll have to replace ICANN with something better at some point.

Re: CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

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Post by batch12 »

cj wrote: post #33

FWIW: CSC is a company that other companies hire to act on its behalf. It's very likely that the company you work for uses CSC as it's registered agent in the State of Delaware for administrative purposes (CSC doesn't really do anything other than exist on paper and file annual forms to satisfy legal and compliance requirements necessary for companies to exist in the US). I wasn't aware they file DMCA requests on beh…

Where they may have messed up is with the use of crowdstrike's branding. I've worked for a company that had a near 100% success rate with taking over domains that used their branding. Not just taking down the site, but taking ownership of the whole domain.
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