Steem Fork HIVE Faces Legal Threat From Mining Firm Over ‘Hive’ Name

in #hive • 5 years ago (edited)

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The icing on the cake. @hiveio faced with legal ramifications if they don't change their name.

A little annoying, but it is what it is. They devs should have researched the name or at the least tapped someone in the community to do so.

I feel like this is going to create a little confusion in the #crypto space especially since many have already started making the changes needed to move over to #hiveio

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https://www.coindesk.com/steem-fork-faces-legal-threat-from-mining-firm-over-hive-name

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     5 years ago  

    Oopsie. This looks like a big oopsie. I'm sure there's ways to fix this, another rebrand so early wouldn't hurt, as the core of this platform is the community, and the community will follow regardless of the name

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       5 years ago  

      Not much to it. Just a company trying to get some PR.

      Who are you going to serve? All legal actions require having an individual or company being served.

      Without anyone being served, there is no legal action.

      Posted via Steemleo

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         5 years ago  

        Ive been to court and locked up enough times to know whats up. Just sharing something I found interesting. Cheers

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           5 years ago (edited) 

          Hive is not a registered trademark the same way that hair or pencil is not. It is just a common word in english. The trademark is for HIVE Blockchain Technologies LTD not Hive. Legally you cannot own a common word in any language. They have no case.

          This reminds me of when McDonalds (the fast food restaurant) tried to sue someone in Scotland for using their familly name to refer to their estate. Suffice to say that didn't go well for McDonalds (the fast food chain).

          EDIT: actually the case I was referring to was in the state of Illinois.

          The real Ronald McDonald (US)
          The company waged an unsuccessful 26-year (as of 2001) legal action against McDonald's Family Restaurant, which opened in 1956 in Fairbury, Illinois and is run by a man whose real name is Ronald McDonald.[23] McDonald ultimately continued to use his name on his restaurant despite the company's objections.[24]

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_legal_cases

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