10-21-2009, 10:11 PM
I wonder how close a Twitter handle/user name is to a domain name or website name. I'm thinkin' not very.
Doc's got some great advice. Let them make offers, rather than you possibly appearing to hold them up for the name.
I don't know the Twitter name and how close it *might* infringe on their trademark, if it at all. I'm thinking that their concern is wanting it for their own marketing.
The rep seems pretty civil at this point, regardless of the motivation.
If you don't feel that the Average Man on the Street would be confused as to who you are and aren't, I'd certainly politely inform them as such.
Also, I realize that the company doesn't owe you a thing and that you don't expect anything of them, but the idea of offering a shirt seems awful cheap to me.
You could just "retire" the name and retain possession, using a new one. You could proclaim somewhere "The Twitterer formerly known as ____________".
Doc's got some great advice. Let them make offers, rather than you possibly appearing to hold them up for the name.
I don't know the Twitter name and how close it *might* infringe on their trademark, if it at all. I'm thinking that their concern is wanting it for their own marketing.
The rep seems pretty civil at this point, regardless of the motivation.
If you don't feel that the Average Man on the Street would be confused as to who you are and aren't, I'd certainly politely inform them as such.
Also, I realize that the company doesn't owe you a thing and that you don't expect anything of them, but the idea of offering a shirt seems awful cheap to me.
You could just "retire" the name and retain possession, using a new one. You could proclaim somewhere "The Twitterer formerly known as ____________".