Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies

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arduino.cc 26 Nov '12, 10am

Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies

I understand your anger and intention, however despite earning money I don’t think kickstarter can provide what you want them to. Even if just concerning trademarks: Granted, in the case of Arduino you might say it is well known and in this case quite similar, so they would have known. But smiliar issues could happen with regard to other things/companies, that only extensive and constly research by lawyers could fully clarify. (likely more than kickstarter earn) Furthermore, the distinction between what is trademark infringement or not is often not clear, f.e. maybe you get annoyed if somebody says in their description that they ‘do something like arduino’ (with a different name) but which then would be no trademark infringement. And this is only trademarks. If Kickstarter would start to spend money on lawyers to pre-emptively check for trademark infringement, they would h...

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@OmerK » 10 Dec '12, 2am
Serious bit of #OSHW drama going on here: [link] (with comments accusing Arduino team of turning into Apple w.r.t trademarks)
@getoliverleon » 29 Nov '12, 6pm
The dark side of Crowdsourcing: Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies [link]
@SeizeTheCrowd » 28 Nov '12, 10pm
Some #crowdfunding IP drama [link] [link] What does @felixsalmon think?
@kimio_kosaka » 28 Nov '12, 9pm
RT @kosamari: "smARtDUINO"っていうArduino商標に近い名前と紛らわしい説明でKickstarterを始めたら、プロジェクトとKickstarterまとめて公式に怒られたそう WIRED→ [link] 公式→ [link]
@kosamari » 28 Nov '12, 6pm
"smARtDUINO"っていうArduino商標に近い名前と紛らわしい説明でKickstarterを始めたら、プロジェクトとKickstarterまとめて公式に怒られたそう WIRED→ [link] 公式→ [link]
@virtadpt » 28 Nov '12, 2pm
#kickstarter project draws ire of #arduino, misrepresents project: [link] #hacking #makers
@ciofeca » 28 Nov '12, 11am
Un citrullo cinese che si spaccia per l'autore italiano di Arduino sta rastrellando milionate su Kickstarter dai gonzi: [link]
@ohmohm » 28 Nov '12, 10am
ดรามา Kickstarter [link]
@ohmohm » 28 Nov '12, 6am
Arduino เหมือนจะมีดราม่ากับ Kickstarter [link] via [link]
@talldarknweirdo » 27 Nov '12, 3pm
@ajfabio Ah, then you probably haven't seen this yet either. [link] check him out in the comments, if you can stomach it.
@ciofeca » 27 Nov '12, 3pm
"So according to them, if I hire two factory workers from Ford I can claim I used to manufacture Ford cars…" [link]
@wilbertbaan » 27 Nov '12, 2pm
Is Kickstarter alleen een doorgeefluik, of hebben ze ook verantwoordelijkheid? - Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies [link]
@jakuboboza » 27 Nov '12, 8am
Kickstarter trolls hitting arduino [link]
@tkusano » 27 Nov '12, 7am
RT @shokai: 最新揉め事情報です [link]
@shokai » 27 Nov '12, 7am
最新揉め事情報です [link]
@thepartycow » 27 Nov '12, 5am
RT @andrewhyde: Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies [link] Gets saucy in the comments.
@Quirarte » 27 Nov '12, 5am
@El_Pop @manuelrabade Buena esta discusión, chequen los comentarios [link] Despertaron mi interés en smartduino
@azmushko » 27 Nov '12, 3am
RT @khenney: Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies [link]
@GratefulDean » 27 Nov '12, 3am
. @kickstarter, trademarks and theft. [link]
@dfrobotcn » 27 Nov '12, 3am
RT @EMSL: @kickstarter We love you, but it looks like you may have dropped the ball on this one. [link]
@nicwn » 27 Nov '12, 2am
RT @freaklabs: ha ha ha. shady kickstarters - Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies: [link]
@sonicviz » 27 Nov '12, 2am
@PacktExplorer lol. You mean [link] ?
@freaklabs » 27 Nov '12, 2am
ha ha ha. shady kickstarters - Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies: [link]
@EMSL » 26 Nov '12, 11pm
@kickstarter We love you, but it looks like you may have dropped the ball on this one. [link]
@mweinbergPK » 26 Nov '12, 10pm
shame that @mbanzi post about Kickstarter's duty to TM holders turned towards a fight about his example [link] h/t @mehan_j
@adaugelli » 26 Nov '12, 9pm
Arduino Blog » Blog Archive » Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies [link]
@mehan_j » 26 Nov '12, 8pm
@mweinbergPK semi-related to kickstarter & patents: i assume you've seen this? [link] real shitshow in the comments too!
@dogsbodyorg » 26 Nov '12, 7pm
An interesting trademark dilemma that Arduino is having [link] How to encourage innovation while protecting IP #kickstarter
@NetSynth » 26 Nov '12, 7pm
有名税なのかねえ RT @sentoki: Kickstarterで「元Arduinoの製造業者」という触れ込みで互換機を売り込んでいる人がいて、すでに15万ドルも集めてるけど、「そんなやつ知らん」とArduino Blogに書かれてる件 [link]
@t_okada » 26 Nov '12, 6pm
RT @sentoki: Kickstarterで「元Arduinoの製造業者」という触れ込みで互換機を売り込んでいる人がいて、すでに15万ドルも集めてるけど、「そんなやつ知らん」とArduino Blogに書かれてる件 [link]
@sentoki » 26 Nov '12, 6pm
Kickstarterで「元Arduinoの製造業者」という触れ込みで互換機を売り込んでいる人がいて、すでに15万ドルも集めてるけど、「そんなやつ知らん」とArduino Blogに書かれてる件 [link]
@shashashasha » 26 Nov '12, 6pm
Let's not have Kickstarter turn into the Google App Marketplace — [link] via @golan
@stevecooley » 26 Nov '12, 5pm
I think Massimo is right: [link] @mbanzi #kickstarter
@brunoruviaro » 26 Nov '12, 5pm
@golan @kickstarter @bruces Some good points raised, but specific accusation may be unfair? (see posted comments) [link]
@MarcTowler » 26 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @rdohms: After seeing Kickstarter get sued i was "really they blame kickstarter?" but i read this [link] and now i think "ok, sue them"
@rdohms » 26 Nov '12, 4pm
After seeing Kickstarter get sued i was "really they blame kickstarter?" but i read this [link] and now i think "ok, sue them"
@pgdev » 26 Nov '12, 3pm
Arduino Blog - Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies [link]
@stephanierieger » 26 Nov '12, 3pm
RT @mjays Arduino and its clones on @kickstarter. this is a conversation we increasingly will have to have: [link]
@kofish » 26 Nov '12, 3pm
RT @HNTweets: Arduino creator raises doubts about Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies: [link] Comments: [link]
@adeanom » 26 Nov '12, 3pm
RT @newsycombinator: Arduino creator raises doubts about Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies [link]
@ArchAzrael » 26 Nov '12, 2pm
Kickstarter is ignoring trademark violators, kicks the can... [link] methinks this won't last long...
@aallan » 26 Nov '12, 2pm
So far I've been lucky in Kickstarter. Everything I've backed has shipped, or seems likely to at some point... [link]
@willathome » 26 Nov '12, 1pm
@ajaxan another example just today of how Kickstarter really doesn't do anything to ensure the quality of the projects [link]
@sksmusiclondon » 26 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @pablo_marques: Hey @kickstarter this is pretty bad behaviour isn't it? [link]
@pablo_marques » 26 Nov '12, 1pm
Hey @kickstarter this is pretty bad behaviour isn't it? [link]
@theowatson » 26 Nov '12, 12pm
RT @golan: .@kickstarter, you can do better than this, please: [link] (via @bruces
@golan » 26 Nov '12, 12pm
.@kickstarter, you can do better than this, please: [link] (via @bruces
@manhluong » 26 Nov '12, 12pm
I agree with @mbanzi, @kickstarter can't pull out from this matter.Trademark violations (aka lies) harms every sides. [link]
@dxhuy » 26 Nov '12, 12pm
[link] これはひどいすぎる
@bjmclaughlin » 26 Nov '12, 11am
I hope @kickstarter gets better involved with this issue. I would like to be able to support projects in the future. [link]