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Re:There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor' by snowpanda on Saturday January 14, 2017 @11:36AM (#13399148)
They can't use the name LibreSignal because it has the word Signal in it?

Wow, even Microsoft didn't behave that juvenile about LibreOffice.

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Re:There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor' by metaobject on Saturday January 14, 2017 @12:24PM (#13399411)
Yeah, they just sued some high school kid because of the domain name he chose:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft

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Re:There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor' by fapjacks on Saturday January 14, 2017 @02:53PM (#13400223)
I don't know about Canadian trademark law, but at least in the States, if you don't put effort into defending your trademark, you lose it. Completely different country, I know, but perhaps there's something similar in their law.
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