Cease and desist notification issued to Monero

[celestio]

"Moneero" is registered in a small South American country  and has no ties to "Monero" which stands for a decentralized currency. They are words in different languages, presumably, so this c n d is worthless. I believe it's all lies/fud regardless.

Doesn't matter if the words are spelled differently.  The two names are similar and fall under the same Goods and Services category.

It's like if I were to open a hamburger restaurant, and name it "Whendees"

Something interesting I saw here: http://www.coindesk.com/mt-gox-sell-bitcoin-trademark-buyer-enforce/

"Saper suggested that Tibanne was granted the bitcoin trademark because at the time, the digital currency was not well known among government officials and regulators. As a result, it’s possible that the company acquired the trademark simply because whoever approved it didn’t know that bitcoin was a generic term, she said, explaining:"

"First, because Tibanne was not the originator of the term, anyone who subsequently purchases it would have to prove that the word hadn’t entered general usage prior to time the trademark was first acquired. The word first appeared in 2009 in Satoshi Nakamoto’s original white paper."

-The word "Monero" has been around a lot longer than when "Moneero" got trademarked in 2013 and seems generic enough considering it means "coin" in the Esperanto language, so goodluck with the fake C & D. (Not much into law, just pointing it out).

[Spoetnik]

"Moneero" is registered in a small South American country  and has no ties to "Monero" which stands for a decentralized currency. They are words in different languages, presumably, so this c n d is worthless. I believe it's all lies/fud regardless.

Doesn't matter if the words are spelled differently.  The two names are similar and fall under the same Goods and Services category.

It's like if I were to open a hamburger restaurant, and name it "Whendees"

examples ? that sounds like bs..

[billotronic]

"Moneero" is registered in a small South American country  and has no ties to "Monero" which stands for a decentralized currency. They are words in different languages, presumably, so this c n d is worthless. I believe it's all lies/fud regardless.

Doesn't matter if the words are spelled differently.  The two names are similar and fall under the same Goods and Services category.

It's like if I were to open a hamburger restaurant, and name it "Whendees"

examples ? that sounds like bs..

what, you came back from retirement and forgot how to fucking google something? really?

[trollercoaster]

It's bullshit, there's probably hundreds of companies who have trademarked 'nxt' 'bit' 'byte' etc, monero translates to currency, it's stupid to believe this is even enforcable.

[G2M]

"Moneero" is registered in a small South American country  and has no ties to "Monero" which stands for a decentralized currency. They are words in different languages, presumably, so this c n d is worthless. I believe it's all lies/fud regardless.

Doesn't matter if the words are spelled differently.  The two names are similar and fall under the same Goods and Services category.

It's like if I were to open a hamburger restaurant, and name it "Whendees"

examples ? that sounds like bs..

Well, it goes like this:

"Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun."

Except if whendees started using that phrase, little oompa loompas would come out and take augustus out of the chocolate factory.

Kinda like that.

[samson]

I usually place cease and desist letters where they belong, in the trash.

Take action if they file a lawsuit which will probably never happen.

[KennyTheMartian]

Far-fetched

[Este Nuno]

What would they even do? File a lawsuit against who exactly? The devs? Are the devs even responsible for the name of a decentralised system?

[kazuki49]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question

[lordoliver]

Ridiculous. IF there was a name violation, then it would have been by moneero...
A registered trademark can be rejected easily, if someone else had already a webpage before.

[vokain]

Hm, I think I returned them feedback that moneero might be confused with the Monero Project when they solicited the BitAngels mailing list in April.  

r.laverde@moneero.com
"BizDev Jedi of moneero"

Hi Antony

you know that I have recently joined the MONEERO team as their Biz Dev Jedi
I am also helping with their current seed round and I wanted to ask you a favor:
Could you take a look at their pitch deck and give me your opinion?

pitch deck - full: https://view.attach.io/7yRWJf53
pitch deck - short: https://view.attach.io/7yCsMZ~a
fin. forecast: https://view.attach.io/717grfMn

It would be awesome to hear your feedback and ideas. I want to make sure they are on
track. Maybe you have also an idea whom they should be talking to?

Thanks a lot!

Rafa

A cease and desist notice is kind of a scummy move. Guy never responded to me either.

[Hueristic]

Not to mention (guess I am) that even if this coin ever changes it's name it would not be a rebrand apparently the OP doesn't even know what a rebrand is.

[bathrobehero]

It's not a loaded question. It was a genuine request for clarity. However, I've since spoken to the devs privately and they have confirmed that they are on top of the situation. It's potentially very serious, and right now it is best that the details are kept private. That said, if you have any particular concerns I'd suggest contacting the devs directly.

Yeah because that always works out nicely. /s

[dEBRUYNE]

It's not a loaded question. It was a genuine request for clarity. However, I've since spoken to the devs privately and they have confirmed that they are on top of the situation. It's potentially very serious, and right now it is best that the details are kept private. That said, if you have any particular concerns I'd suggest contacting the devs directly.

Why are you making such a fuss on bitcointalk then?

[Hueristic]

Someone has asked me to unlock this topic. So there you go.

Someone huh? Lol

[coinits]

This is like someone issuing a cease and desist for someone using the word Money and the party has a trademark called Moneey.

You can't sue. Fucking stupid!

[Nxtblg]

This is like someone issuing a cease and desist for someone using the word Money and the party has a trademark called Moneey.

Mooney.