Will Flickr sue you if...

they shouldn't check if they have a patent on the "kr" Also check if the domain name is available.
 
If that new "kr" domain makes it big enough to be on their radar, ya sure they'll sue...doesn't mean they will win
 
uk80glue said:
Wrong, might wanna check copyright laws. :D

You'd be amazed at some of the small crap people have trademarks on.
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I meant simple as in basic, not small. I'm not saying people don't have trademarks on little stuff like that, it's just that you wouldn't be able to trademark something quite so non-specific. For example, Apple likes to name their products the iWhatever, but they can't sue iHome for using a similar sort of name, and you know that they would if they could.
 
PohTayToez said:
I meant simple as in basic, not small. I'm not saying people don't have trademarks on little stuff like that, it's just that you wouldn't be able to trademark something quite so non-specific. For example, Apple likes to name their products the iWhatever, but they can't sue iHome for using a similar sort of name, and you know that they would if they could.
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Companies have patented things as miniscule as ideas for website platforms and ideas merging email and im clients in specific ways. It's entirely possible that Flickr has a patent on websites with that name format.
 
I can absolutely promise you that Flickr cannot sue you if you want to name a website "backpackr.com". "Flickr" is a trademark, trademarks are only infringed upon when something is being used by a third part that might be confused with the original trademark.

What this means is that "Flickr" is trademarked for usage as an online service, however if you wanted to open up a restaurant and call it "Flickr's" that would be perfectly ok, because there is little likelihood that someone is going to confuse a restaurant with a online photo hosting service. However, trademark does apply to similar goods and services, so you would not be able to open up a photography store named "Flickr's".
 
PohTayToez said:
I can absolutely promise you that Flickr cannot sue you if you want to name a website "backpackr.com". "Flickr" is a trademark, trademarks are only infringed upon when something is being used by a third part that might be confused with the original trademark.

What this means is that "Flickr" is trademarked for usage as an online service, however if you wanted to open up a restaurant and call it "Flickr's" that would be perfectly ok, because there is little likelihood that someone is going to confuse a restaurant with a online photo hosting service. However, trademark does apply to similar goods and services, so you would not be able to open up a photography store named "Flickr's".
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Someone current registered a 'kr' domain I wanted to use. You don't think that 'qr' (or 'qer') is a suitable replacement for 'kr' do you?
 
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PohTayToez said:
I can absolutely promise you that Flickr cannot sue you if you want to name a website "backpackr.com". "Flickr" is a trademark, trademarks are only infringed upon when something is being used by a third part that might be confused with the original trademark.

What this means is that "Flickr" is trademarked for usage as an online service, however if you wanted to open up a restaurant and call it "Flickr's" that would be perfectly ok, because there is little likelihood that someone is going to confuse a restaurant with a online photo hosting service. However, trademark does apply to similar goods and services, so you would not be able to open up a photography store named "Flickr's".
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Apple computers was sued by Apple music for trademark infringement. as a settlement Apple music asked Apple computers to not drop the "computer" part of the name or enter the music industry. Apple music sued Appl... guess what the outcome was.
 
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