Ask HN: Patent infringement re "Pomodoro" aka Tomato
Funnily enough the word Pomodoro means Tomato in Italian and there are hundreds of apps on iTunes with that word. I guess my app must of caught their eye.. maybe. I looked at their website trademark guidelines (http://pomodorotechnique.com/the-pomodoro-technique-trademark-guidelines/) and yes I see the rules around using those words.
Yet when I search online there are literally hundreds and hundreds of sites & apps using that word. The claimant supposedly can give explicit and formal permission to use the word but they do not seem to respond to my emails :(
I have removed the app from European store where the supposed trade mark violations are and have not heard since from the claimant or apple.
Any advise on what I should do next? Cheers.
I hope no other fruit or vegetable words get trademarked :O
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 22.8 ms ] threadI will be tearing that acronym down too. I'm surprised how many apps there are out there that use both GTD and Pomodoro and yet have no issues being up on the stores/online. Then there are the few exceptions like my app here.
So what's your view on the Pomodoro word?