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> The proper response would be a suit to enforce a trademark

Which I believe was their legal response. The problem is it should have stopped there.

I'm sure Matt's lawyers aren't very happy with him at the moment. Legally, it's usually not advantageous to retaliate so strongly and publicly. It greatly muddies the legal waters.



> Which I believe was their legal response

Really? I see extortion in those texts, not a legal lawsuit to enforce a trademark.

I mean, is this a legal and well crafted lawsuit? Or just extortion.

> Just called. Should I run these slides or not?

> Is next week a negotiation on the % or it happening at all? I am not going to be able to walk it back

> I know that this is the nuclear option, it sets us down a specific path




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