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sturmeh on May 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: What3Words sends legal threat to security research...

I have a feeling this kind of legal attack is usually the result of someone misusing a company trademark.

If he called it anything else they would never have noticed or cared.

They risk drawing attention to their non-existent competition by raising this legal action if they don't have a "sure" chance of winning.

Dylan16807 on May 3, 2021 [–]

In that case they could just send a trademark complaint about the name. This wide-reaching letter is guaranteed to make people mad.

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