[Lawsuit dropped] FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation data

[Darker45]

FlightAware failed to understand the situation and acted truly foolishly. Kalshi did not use the airline's trademark for commercial purposes, meaning it did not sell any services under it. The airline's name itself is publicly available information. If we reason and follow this logic, then the media is also not allowed to report on airline flights or mention the names of aircraft, which are part of the brand and part of the property of airlines or aircraft manufacturers.

I don't think FlightAware was acting "truly foolishly". This was perhaps a kind of a final resort after their repeated warnings fell on deaf ears.

And while the specific markets which dragged their brand name didn't make much money, I guess the way it was used could be considered commercial purposes. Kalshi wasn't just reporting or citing data; they were selling contracts that would be settled by the official information released by FlightAware. At the very least, they should've informed FlightAware that their brand and information would be used for settling bets.

The fact that Kalshi removed FlightAware's name from their site right away is obviously an admission that they were the ones acting "truly foolishly".

[Yablee0]

Since FlightAware warned Kalshi several times not to use their data for gambling, I believe that they will win the case because Kalshi should have listened.

However, it's the Court that has the final say on who is wrong or right and if FlightAware wins the case, Kalshi will learn in a hard way.

Kashi did very wrong by not getting them (Flight Aware) involved before messing around with their stuff and that's so bad on their side. However, FlightAware legal actions against them was justified perhaps this will serve as a lesson to them just Incase of next time. But funny enough, I don't think nobody is going to prison on this, maybe it will only end up on a normal settlement or compensation or something related to that.  People should learn to keep there space and should respect people's privacy because it's very important.

[Kelward]

FlightAware failed to understand the situation and acted truly foolishly. Kalshi did not use the airline's trademark for commercial purposes, meaning it did not sell any services under it. The airline's name itself is publicly available information. If we reason and follow this logic, then the media is also not allowed to report on airline flights or mention the names of aircraft, which are part of the brand and part of the property of airlines or aircraft manufacturers.

I don't think FlightAware was acting "truly foolishly". This was perhaps a kind of a final resort after their repeated warnings fell on deaf ears.

And while the specific markets which dragged their brand name didn't make much money, I guess the way it was used could be considered commercial purposes. Kalshi wasn't just reporting or citing data; they were selling contracts that would be settled by the official information released by FlightAware. At the very least, they should've informed FlightAware that their brand and information would be used for settling bets.

The fact that Kalshi removed FlightAware's name from their site right away is obviously an admission that they were the ones acting "truly foolishly".

I think that the main purpose of FlightAware lawsuit was that kalshi, was making money from their information online and they are not getting anything from it, they put all the effort to gather flight data and another company is using it for free to make money. If kalshi was using their brand name to show results of flight data they should take permission from them but I don't know if kalshi was just using only their flight information. If kalshi was only using FlightAware public information I guess they had to prove why kalshi must withdraw from using a public information for their brand. Anyway I'm glad that FlightAware has dropped the lawsuit, I guess they have reached an out if court settlement.

[MRY]

FlightAware failed to understand the situation and acted truly foolishly. Kalshi did not use the airline's trademark for commercial purposes, meaning it did not sell any services under it. The airline's name itself is publicly available information. If we reason and follow this logic, then the media is also not allowed to report on airline flights or mention the names of aircraft, which are part of the brand and part of the property of airlines or aircraft manufacturers.

I don't think FlightAware was acting "truly foolishly". This was perhaps a kind of a final resort after their repeated warnings fell on deaf ears.

And while the specific markets which dragged their brand name didn't make much money, I guess the way it was used could be considered commercial purposes. Kalshi wasn't just reporting or citing data; they were selling contracts that would be settled by the official information released by FlightAware. At the very least, they should've informed FlightAware that their brand and information would be used for settling bets.

The fact that Kalshi removed FlightAware's name from their site right away is obviously an admission that they were the ones acting "truly foolishly".

I think that the main purpose of FlightAware lawsuit was that kalshi, was making money from their information online and they are not getting anything from it, they put all the effort to gather flight data and another company is using it for free to make money. If kalshi was using their brand name to show results of flight data they should take permission from them but I don't know if kalshi was just using only their flight information. If kalshi was only using FlightAware public information I guess they had to prove why kalshi must withdraw from using a public information for their brand. Anyway I'm glad that FlightAware has dropped the lawsuit, I guess they have reached an out if court settlement.

The dispute lawsuit on aviation data is because of the attempts to protect its commercial rights by the information provider on its own arranged database. Any unauthorized use of the information of another party can interfere with intellectual property rights of the original provider.

An out of court settlement is the best approach to resolve the dispute and be of good benefit to both parties. Such a business trade off will help to avoid the increase of legal expenses and provide professional cooperation with data licensing in the future.

[Texac]

Since FlightAware warned Kalshi several times not to use their data for gambling, I believe that they will win the case because Kalshi should have listened.
However, it's the Court that has the final say on who is wrong or right and if FlightAware wins the case, Kalshi will learn in a hard way.

Kashi did very wrong by not getting them (Flight Aware) involved before messing around with their stuff and that's so bad on their side. However, FlightAware legal actions against them was justified perhaps this will serve as a lesson to them just Incase of next time. But funny enough, I don't think nobody is going to prison on this, maybe it will only end up on a normal settlement or compensation or something related to that. 

I think it's important to separate moral side of issue from legal one here. If FlightAware really asked Kalshi multiple times to stop using its data and Kalshi continued doing it then that certainly doesn’t make Kalshi’s position look very strong. But that doesn't mean FlightAware will win the case.  court will have to decide whether Kalshi actually violated copyright or any other right of the company. Same time I also doubt that we should even be talking about anyone going to jail here.

And I wouldn’t exactly call this a matter of personal space or privacy either.