Cool . Well done .
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these sudden deletions really peeve me off, I understand them being removed for possible copyright reasons, I’ve published quite a few, with popular movie and show based themes. but rather than delete, in some cases, hours if not days of work, how about just removing it from a published status, back to draft. at least one could still use it for themselves.
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I agree, but im not sure it’s foolproof.
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Of course I wrote to them that it is nonsense to delete watch faces based on some names, names that are similar but only after translation and in my language have a different meaning. The day after that they deleted another watch face just because the name contained the word Navigator. My original name was Navigator Timer Analog. But only because of the word navigator used by Tissot, the watch face was immediately deleted.
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That is not the way a court of law in the US would view it. Little Labs is in the US. It is unfair to blame Facer. They are just doing their job.
Yes, filters can make mistakes. They deal with vocabulary primarily. Before using terms that may have been used in connection with name brand watches it may be helpful to do some research before publishing. An internet search for “Navigator Watch” would have produced quite a few hits.
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Pochopil bych kdyby to udělaly s názvem značky jako je Tissot ale s podnazvem který je u nespočet produktu ? Nesmysl.
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Does this support Tizen?
Navigator Timer is different from Navigator Watch .
The point is that Navigator Time-Timer-Watch are all connected in Marvin’s mind because he’s flagging the words rather than meaning. A company selling dog food might get a pass in court but a company selling any type of clocks, watches, jewelry or time pieces will not.
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I am curious how do the big brands do it, when more than one has a model with word navigator in model name, like for example Tissot and Seiko. Do they sue each other? In general I do not think it is good argument against Marvin’s filter, that “I instead of one brand model name I used another brand model name”, when both may be registered trade names.
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Time and Timer are not in the marvin list. I have several watch faces with this word and they have passed just fine.
Yes, sometimes they sue. I don’t know about international cases. In short, when a name is submitted for registration to the US Patent & Trademark Office of the government, it is checked against all similar registered names. If it is similar to any other name, the applicant is notified. They will need to find a new name. If they don’t want to find a new name and proceed to use the name, then the owner of the registered name can sue. That doesn’t mean the applicant will win. (I’m not a lawyer, but I have one in the family who handles these cases.) Note: I edited this to clarify. An internet search of the process would probably find a better explanation.
Of course not, but are they used along with “Navigator”?
Yes, that confirms that it’s just the word Navigator. Let them register the whole model name, but not one word. That’s nonsense.
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It’s the same as if someone registered the word A u t o… Unfortunately in English the word auto means automobile - Car. In our country it can mean anything automated. So if it’s a watch with an automatic movement I couldn’t use it because someone registered the word a u t o
Suppose you want to open a fossil museum/store. You’d have a problem if you used “Fossil” or “Fossils” in your name. You would have to appeal the denial. Your appeal might be sent to the Fossil brand for them to decide if your product is anything like theirs or if the name could be misconstrued to be associated with their product. You decide it’s not worth the wait, so you decide to name your museum “Hard Rock”. Oh wait… now you have to deal with the Hard Rock Cafe people. Telling the government “That’s nonsense” doesn’t help.
If I want the name Hard Rock Cafe, I agree, but it’s nonsense for me to deal with them if I only have Hard Cafe or Rock Cafe. That’s what I wrote, let them register the whole name, but it’s nonsense to register one word that it contains in its name. They don’t have the word hard or rock registered. They have Hard Rock Cafe registered. I understand and appreciate that, but even if I only have the name Cafe, it’s nonsense for me to deal with them about the word Cafe because it contains Hard Rock Cafe in their registered name.
Hard Cafe and Rock Cafe might be flagged because both are part of Hard Rock Cafe. Cafe by itself would probably pass. Why would you have a fossil/rock business named Cafe? I’m sure Marvin tries to do his best, but a backup of human eyes that can discern meaning is good. I suppose that is why Facer offers its members the option to appeal.
This is certainly respectable, but still unnecessary. It would be enough to return it to the draft with a warning and not immediately delete it.
I agree. A hold with a warning would be better received.
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