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- b0b0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If you guys care to look at the very bottom of this page, you might notice a small line of text which reads:
"© digg Inc. 2006"
This means that nobody can use the digg trademark without permission. Whoever made DiggGames should have asked first.
Digg is legally obligated to protect its trademark. This has nothing to do with big business or small business practices. DiggGames.com is using digg, a trademarked name, without permission. Plain and simple. This is like launching a website called "GoogleGames" or "DisneyGames" or whatever. The point is, such a name misrepresents the actual company, in this case Google and Disney respectively. Therefore it is in digg's best interests to make DiggGames change its name.
And there is no reason to get worked up over a Cease and Decist letter. C&D letters are merely warnings, not subpoenas; they state the problem and warn about the consequences of persisting with the action in question. This doesn't mean that digg is sueing DiggGames. I believe digg has acted appropriately. - bacali, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7As much as I think Digg made a mistake with this move, they do have to protect their name, brand, and intellectual property.
- IQ70, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4wait for your C&D :)
- Jeffrey903, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3While I know that Digg has to protect their name and property, why didn't they offer to license their name to this website for like a penny per year with the clause that they could cancel the agreement at any time if they refunded the penny? Wouldn't that still be protecting their name and it wouldn't piss off anybody?
- addakorn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I am thinking just like
slashdotgames.com could be confused with gamesslashdot.com
gamesslashdot.com could be confused with games.slashdot.com
digggames could cause similar confusion. - Rasdan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2They have no choice. They must defend their trademarks. It is very easy for digggames.com to be confused with a possible feature dedicated just to gaming, similar to how Tech Crunch has offshoots like Mobile Crunch.
I doubt Digg really wanted to pursue this but they have to defend their trademarks. It's like when MS threatened to sue Mike Rowe for his URL for mikerowesoft.com - he made software so there was possible confusion. They had a lot of bad PR and no company, especially MS, really wants bad PR. - Daniel591992, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Does duggmirror.com count?
- socksbb, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Good job digg, you now have people who hate you as much as AOL...
The only people who would be confused by the use of the name "Digg" in DiggGames, are non-techies, and what are the chances they will ever use digg?
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid... - deralaand, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.games1.org/
used to be diGGgames(dot)com
In case you missed it in the article. - Article19, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Bah™ idiot website (this one not that one)
- abhorsen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Looks like dig stopped being some guys in basment and jsut becmae bigg bizzness.
- IQ70, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I just realized that the digggames link is banned from digg.
So it must be true. - shockme17, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1why is there a "Blog this" feature? when you blog it, there's most likely a link to digg, a reference of digg, and many blogs have their own ad revenue.. what about all those diggnation flash banner ad games? what about the digg widgets? third party digg bookmarklets, diggsig.com etc....
people digg this story to make the top stories for the week- i'd like to hear kevin's response on diggnation.. - ajamison, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Not smart, and yes I understand that "They must defend their trademarks" etc etc....But seriously, this is a poor, poor move on Digg's part. Cold, empty C&D letters are a great way to piss off those that helped build the company.
- Gregd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Does this mean that I'll have to cough-up the domain "diggfan.com"?
- beelz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2digg dont turn into netscape.
- IQ70, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1double post
