Hi Dylan, Because your app allows you to prototype, it seems to fit in a grey area. If you can drag this out a bit, it might give you time to re-brand if required, rather than taking down the app immediately. If you talk to the other company, they may be willing to negotiate.
There are quite a few IP lawyers / companies around - Davies Collison Cave are one of the big ones. Probably best to look in your area (Adelaide?) I've met with this guy in Melbourne who I found very useful (non-commercial advice at the time). James Samargis Barrister Direct Tel: 9225 8436 Direct Fax: 9225 8474 Mobile: 0417 347 741 Emails: samargis AT vicbar.com.au Clerk: List R - Howells' List Clerk Tel: 9225 7000 / 9225 7666 Cheers, Nigel On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Dylan <dylan.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All! > This is my first post to Silicon Beach. I am Dylan Sale, co-founder of > Two Lives Left (www.twolivesleft.com). We recently released an app on > the Apple App Store called Codify (iPad game prototyping app). We are > situated in Adelaide, South Australia and consist of just 3 > developers. > > Today we were issued a trademark infringement notice from an company > saying we are infringing on their trademark. They have a Class 42 > trademark on the word Codify. As far as I can tell, this is just for > software services and Codify being an application would fall under > Class 9. > > We are not lawyers and aren't sure what to do about this. Codify is > doing very well on the app store and it would be a massive blow to > have to take it down now. Does anyone here know of a good trademark/IP > lawyer we could get in touch with? > > Thanks for the help! > > Dylan Sale > Director > Two Lives Left Pty Ltd > > PS I was told to ask here by a friend! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
