Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client

Re:Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client by forty on Sunday October 29, 2023 @08:22AM (#38057887)

ycombinator. You cannot have a mark named Teslo which sells electric cars, as customers could mistake one for the other.

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Re:Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client by bob88jg on Sunday October 29, 2023 @08:40AM (#38058020)

But ycombinator don't "sell" HN do they? So no infringement...no customers...

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Re:Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client by djbusby on Sunday October 29, 2023 @09:02AM (#38058200)

Selling isn't required to make infringement.

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Re:Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client by forty on Sunday October 29, 2023 @09:09AM (#38058253)

Yeah, imagine for example if your website displays offensive or illegal content, and people think it's published by ycombinator, it could damage their brand

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