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Re:Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big... by steveklabnik on Thursday November 19, 2009 @01:27PM (#950749)
They have to protect their trademark, or lose it. Chalk this one up to another casualty of intellectual property law.
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Re:Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big... by notauser on Thursday November 19, 2009 @01:37PM (#950764)
They could have protected it by offering a royalty free license for a specific use.

I'm no fan of IP law but too often companies hide behind the law when the actual root cause is themselves.

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Re:Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big... by xal on Friday November 20, 2009 @04:02AM (#952148)
No. Someone may produce this as prior art and demand a royalty free licence for another product at some other time. It's much easier to simply send C&D.
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