Just a public service announcement: Please respect trademarks and avoid naming things tied to others peoples' branding work. I know it's usually an homage, but there's no reason to do it and it does bend trademark law (if not break it) sometimes.
Its up to Pinterest to try to enforce their trademark if they think they are too similar, which is unclear. The word pin alone is not enforceable, so Pinry likely ok.
Don't misunderstand this as an endorsement of jerky trademark enforcement.
My point was that they did the work to associate "pin" with this concept in the public mind. Of course they don't own the word. That's just stupid. When people do these homages or clones, they are gaining traction and influence by riding on the work they did. Enforcement? Who cares... it's just unoriginal, cheap and lazy to trade on the name.
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Just a public service announcement: Please respect trademarks and avoid naming things tied to others peoples' branding work. I know it's usually an homage, but there's no reason to do it and it does bend trademark law (if not break it) sometimes.
Its up to Pinterest to try to enforce their trademark if they think they are too similar, which is unclear. The word pin alone is not enforceable, so Pinry likely ok.
Just a public service announcement: trademark holders can't seize the centuries-old common English language for their private use.
Don't misunderstand this as an endorsement of jerky trademark enforcement.
My point was that they did the work to associate "pin" with this concept in the public mind. Of course they don't own the word. That's just stupid. When people do these homages or clones, they are gaining traction and influence by riding on the work they did. Enforcement? Who cares... it's just unoriginal, cheap and lazy to trade on the name.