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14 Jul 2010, 8:34 pm

http://wrongpla.net/news/article171.htm ... 22dea9a72c

look at it it has the same planet logo and plus it look so much like this site. or maybe its just me. i mean the wrong planet name

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14 Jul 2010, 8:35 pm

It doesn't break any laws.

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14 Jul 2010, 8:36 pm

Do we even know whether that website came before or after this WrongPlanet was founded? If it came after, then it must be one of those spoof websites. As long as they got permission from the founders of this WrongPlanet then there's nothing wrong with their website. Vice versa if that website came before this one.

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14 Jul 2010, 8:52 pm

Weird but legal :lol: as far as we can tell anyway. It might be a front for something scandalous... Or just weird.

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14 Jul 2010, 9:09 pm

Theirs:

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Alex's:

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Their copyright existed before this WP's did.

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14 Jul 2010, 9:10 pm

blue_bean wrote:

Theirs:

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Alex's:

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Their copyright existed before this WP's did.

Hahaha, goodness.

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14 Jul 2010, 9:11 pm

blue_bean wrote:

Theirs:

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Alex's:

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Their copyright existed before this WP's did.

wow this change everything. :lol:

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14 Jul 2010, 9:47 pm

More of a coincidence.

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14 Jul 2010, 10:09 pm

League_Girl wrote:

More of a coincidence.

Yeah, that's what I think. The concept of being on a wrong planet is hardly unique, and the natural step in designing a logo for a wrong planet includes putting in a planet.

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15 Jul 2010, 3:55 am

I came across someone who tried to copy WP's alien design and use WP's name to raise money for Autism Speaks once. That was fun

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15 Jul 2010, 5:57 am

That Bill Gates double cracks me up, though he has no crack. :lol:

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15 Jul 2010, 10:04 am

Neither site has filed for a trademark, so no law is being broken. If, however, either Alex or whoever runs the other site were to register the name in the US, the site who didn't own the trademark would be in potential legal trouble, regardless of who used the name first.

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15 Jul 2010, 10:11 am

Asp-Z wrote:

http://tarr.uspto.gov/

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