[twitter-dev] Re: FW: Twitter is Suing me!!!

[Bill Kocik]

On Aug 12, 9:07 am, Duane Roelands <duane.roela...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It doesn't matter who else
> is doing it.

Well, actually, it does matter. That's the thing about trademarks -
you are obligated to defend them across the board, or you lose them.
You can't selectively defend them by allowing people (or applications,
or business entities) you like to use them and not people you don't.
If you do, the people you selectively pursue will stand up in court
and ask "What actions have you taken against X, Y, and Z, who also use
your trademark?" which is a perfectly relevant legal question to which
the plaintiff's answer had better not be "None - we're only going
after you."

This is how trademark suits are defended against and how they are lost.