Elasticsearch is open source, again

Re:Elasticsearch is open source, again by dboreham on Thursday August 29, 2024 @05:07PM (#41395287)

It depends on the legal jurisdiction but in the US you're allowed to use a competitor's brand name/trademark specifically to inform your customers. E.g. "acetaminophen, the stuff that's in Tylenol". You can also use the competitor's brand colors.

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Re:Elasticsearch is open source, again by exe34 on Thursday August 29, 2024 @05:22PM (#41395422)

so if I create a website called other-Facebook.com that looks exactly like Facebook, I can even tell people I'm going to steal their time and information just like the real Facebook, and that's allowed?

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Re:Elasticsearch is open source, again by rescbr on Thursday August 29, 2024 @06:03PM (#41395741)

I think “foobar.com, a Facebook with blackjack and hookers” would be OK, while “other-facebook.com” wouldn’t.

I’d say one is marketing, the other is misrepresentation.

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