Reading through it now I have had time, and with my legal cap on.. IB probably have a strong enough case to win some of their claims (which is how civil suits often work).
The behaviour they describe,* if true*, is disappointing (on a personal note) to see. I don't want to see our guys sued over it - but even so.. not pleasant to see our lot acting like this. Tom On 7 September 2012 16:50, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Reading through the IB filing, they aren't even bothering to structure > a good case. It's all blather and no substance (claiming, for > instance, that the defendants have been unjustly enriched by > establishing a website with a name confusingly similar to WikiTravel; > when of course no such site exists, and there is no possible way for > the named defendants to have been enriched at all, unjustly or > otherwise). > > I can see why the WMF described it as a transparent attempt at > intimidation. The conduct IB is trying to deter has primarily > consisted of criticizing IB and encouraging the development of an > alternative; viewed from that angle, and since there is no actual > underlying business conduct, I wonder if the complaint falls afoul of > California's strong anti-SLAPP statute. I suppose you'd have to find > some way of arguing that criticizing IB is in the public interest. > > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:26 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > http://static.ibsrv.net/ibsite/pdf/2012/2012_9_4_Internet%20Brands%20Files%20To%20Protect%20Its%20Wikitravel%20Trademark%20From%20Deliberate%20Infringement.pdf > > > > It does indeed look the same as the copy served on Ryan: > > > > > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Internet_Brands_v_William_Ryan_Holliday.pdf > > > > Compare and contrast with the Wikimedia PDF. > > > > > > My blog post, in which I emphasise that this is fundamentally an > > attack on CC by-sa and the freedom of free content: > > > > > http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2012/09/06/internet-brands-sues-people-for-forking-under-cc-by-sa/ > > > > > > - d. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l