Supposedly, You can't use the term 'Woo' in a domain name -- Help!!!

Posted by woorefugee on Saturday July 01, 2017 @01:33AM
from the self-post dept.

I just got a cease and desist from a law firm representing Automattic for using the term 'Woo' in my domain name... Not even sure what to do! Help!

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Re:Supposedly, You can't use the term 'Woo' in a domain name... by ScottBurson on Saturday July 01, 2017 @02:05AM (#14675647)

I see... they bought a company called WooCommerce a couple of years ago [0].

I think your choices are (a) find a different domain name or (b) talk to an attorney. You don't say what your site does, but if it's very different from e-commerce, you might be able to successfully fight this [1]. You will need a lawyer, though, and some amount of money.

Good luck!

[0] https://ma.tt/2015/05/woomattic/

[1] http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/is-it-trademark-infri...

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Re:Supposedly, You can't use the term 'Woo' in a domain name... by woorefugee on Saturday July 01, 2017 @02:13AM (#14675669)

Thanks for the information, it's appreciated. Guess I am going to have to hire a lawyer.

Part of the problem is that we distribute official WooCommerce extensions under the GPL General Public License... It's a legal grey area for sure.

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Re:Supposedly, You can't use the term 'Woo' in a domain name... by pmontra on Saturday July 01, 2017 @03:25AM (#14675868)

You should ask a lawyer and that costs money, unless Automattic did a McMansion and people will help you for free. But nobody will know unless you tell us your domain and what kind of services you provide there.

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Re:Supposedly, You can't use the term 'Woo' in a domain name... by woorefugee on Saturday July 01, 2017 @03:26AM (#14675873)

The site in question is; https://woorefugee.com

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