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Myspace’s iLike Rises From The Dead To Block An Apple Trademark Request

by answerly on 9/26/12, 11:45 PM with 10 comments

• by csmeder on 9/27/12, 12:08 AM

  Cases like this set a bad precedent. This means Apple needs to be even more on the offensive than it has been: to not let this issue arise in the future.

  This encourages companies to register every single trademark they might ever need - right now. This is sad news. It means they will register tons of trademarks they may never use. And this will stop you and I from being able to use these unused trademarks.

  Strict trademark rulings hurt everyone in our community...

• by chrischen on 9/27/12, 2:18 AM

  How are these services too similar? One gives me my music, the other is an "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to ilike.com."

• by billpg on 9/27/12, 7:07 AM

  You can trademark standard music notation for a music service?

• by fourstar on 9/27/12, 3:57 AM

  Even though I didn't read the article (I rarely read TC articles), I will have to say I think this is more of a publicity stunt than anything to prep for their "reboot".