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(2016-02-11, 13:07)DarkHelmet Wrote: I checked a few of the sites. Are you sure, these sites are infringing the trademark? I'm no lawyer but the fact that they use the word kodi and offer shady addons does not automatically mean they are infringing your trademark if I'm informed correctly.
haha, who are you to be checking?
i think you maybe scared of the action that is going to be taken. i love this thread... thanks to OP for creating this and getting the ball rolling
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you say shouldn't be too expensive. all those sites have to do is change domains slightly. it would be a non stop battle.
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2016-02-11, 22:53
(This post was last modified: 2016-02-11, 22:53 by bry.)
Especially with final around the corner. That seems to be when they pander hard for donations.
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Although I agree to what is being said in principal, how easy or practical is it in real terms? After all you don't see Apple for example closing down fan sites which have the word iPhone in the url.
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2016-02-11, 23:24
(This post was last modified: 2016-02-11, 23:26 by metalkettle.)
RI'd say a website containing the word iPhone who's main purpose is to distribute and advertise cracked app store apps would be pretty damaging to apple in reputation and financially?
Just my thoughts. Apple must chose not to bother for one reason or another.
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TVA was omitted from my list because it enters the realm of more debatable trademark infringement, so it gets more difficult to enforce, whereas sites that have the word "Kodi" in their site name are open and close issues. Having the word "Kodi" in a site name is far worse than simply operating a fan site offering questionable content, from a legal perspective that is.
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I'm not so sure. The word is just a word. Otherwise words like :
Apple
Windows
Hoover
Tippex
Intel
Microsoft
Would never be allowed to be used in any websites relating to the product in question.
