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Re:The Oatmeal sued over trademark by ‘Oatmeal Studios’ by vectorbunny on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @05:23AM (#4813622)
I would venture a guess that someone at Oatmeal Studios was probably aware of The Oatmeal as an online entity; they took no legal action until Inman entered their domain. I would also expect that Inman was not aware of Oatmeal Studios prior to this venture, and that this matter will be amicably resolved.
Re:The Oatmeal sued over trademark by ‘Oatmeal Studios’ by ebiester on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @05:29AM (#4813642)
I'm not sure how, other than Inman completely giving up on greeting cards, or somehow completely separating it from The Oatmeal.
Re:The Oatmeal sued over trademark by ‘Oatmeal Studios’ by cstross on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @06:25AM (#4813785)
Third option: Inman pays Oatmeal Studios -- either a consideration for using their trademark, or buys the trademark outright.

Fourth option: Inman licenses his content to Oatmeal Studios, who then handle the greeting card side of the business and pay him a royalty.

(I have no idea of the relative turnover of these two businesses so I don't know if a licensing option is feasible.)

Re:The Oatmeal sued over trademark by ‘Oatmeal Studios’ by debacle on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @08:59AM (#4814220)
Fifth option: Inman keeps making greeting cards, but brands them differently.
Re:The Oatmeal sued over trademark by ‘Oatmeal Studios’ by snogglethorpe on Sunday November 25, 2012 @11:48PM (#4830569)
Sixth option: Inman mobilizes his zombie hordes and obliterates all evidence that oatmeal studios ever existed...
Re:The Oatmeal sued over trademark by ‘Oatmeal Studios’ by Turing_Machine on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @08:41AM (#4814149)
He could just name his greeting cards something else. From what I'm reading the other company doesn't have a problem with the site, just the cards (and it does appear to be a reasonable case -- they've been selling "Oatmeal" greeting cards for 35 years; quite possibly longer than Inman has been alive).
Re:The Oatmeal sued over trademark by ‘Oatmeal Studios’ by vectorbunny on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @05:47AM (#4813675)
I just took a look at the Oatmeal Studios website and some examples of their greeting cards. They don't seem to be in the extreme 'Grandma/kittens&&puppies' sector of the market, so I wouldn't automatically assume they would consider Inman's sense of humour detrimental to their brand. This might be settled through financial consideration.

Then again, without direct knowledge of the principals, it is impossible to predict how this might play out.

Re:The Oatmeal sued over trademark by ‘Oatmeal Studios’ by user24 on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @05:27AM (#4813637)
I agree with the first two, not so sure it will resolve amicably though - perhaps.