> At last count, the number was up to USD 87693.47. > It seems Shakespeare was quite wrong about the insignificance of "a name", after all... It would be great to see that money not have to go on Lawyers fees, I must say. One has to wonder why they didn't just use a trademark search first and why people are actually allowed to file for names which are already taken. The whole process seems a bit stinky.
Groupon have indeed contacted us in the last few hours and have agreed > to abandon their 28 relevant trademark applications as well as to > change the name of their product. For a little bit more information, > see > http://www.gnome.org/news/2014/11/groupon-has-agreed-to-change-its-product-name/ Anyway, for those on the edge of their seats: Here is Groupon's statement: https://www.groupon.com/blog/cities/gnome-update. Their GNOME website is still going though: http://gnome.groupon.com/ I am cautiously optimistic given how much they seem to have invested in this already. It'll be interesting to see how things pan out. Thanks for keeping us posted! Magdalen
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