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Re:Standard Ebooks by acabal on Sunday July 24, 2022 @07:09PM (#32218730)
This is a problem Project Gutenberg has had for years, on Amazon and other platforms. It's a game of whack a mole and ultimately not really worth pursuing. As soon as you shut one guy down, another one appears with the same great idea.

In any case almost nobody is buying these anyway, as there are so many other free ebook editions of just about all of these books already.

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Re:Standard Ebooks by hedora on Sunday July 24, 2022 @10:41PM (#32220024)
I'm not a lawyer, but I believe failure to defend a trademark is a great way to lose a trademark.

I'm surprised Kobo doesn't have a list of banned seller names for situations like this. It would take zero effort on their end, and they're clearly opening themselves to liability.

Off to create Amazon and Disney stores over there... /s

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Re:Standard Ebooks by omnimus on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:38AM (#32221203)
I am not a lawyer bit it seems that Standard Ebooks is not a trademark.
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