An application that promotes threesomes or group entered the crosshairs of “Tinder” most famous relationship app in the world. The famous service accuses the “3nder” having a name so similar to yours that gets to confuse potential users. Begun at the end of last year with an extrajudicial request, the fight reached the European courts in May.
The crusade Tinder was only revealed by the founder of 3nder, Dimo Tifonoy, on Monday (23). It started before, in December 2015, when the service connected already interested in sex to fill a bed for almost two years.
Last year, Match.com, owner of Tinder, sent a letter giving 29 days for the app off the air. Otherwise, would file legal action. The lawyers argued that the Tinder owns the brand since 2012 and has the rights to it throughout the European Union, its member countries and countries that have signed agreements to protect intellectual property in the European bloc. Accused of unfair competition app for creating similar service and still adopt a similar name.
With ‘match’ and ‘trans’
In fact, the operation has 3nder similar. For applicants entabularem a conversation, there must be a mutual affection -o “match”. The name, depending on the way of speaking, also has similar sound.
The commonalities end there, since the 3nder, you can participate alone or as a couple. filter possibilities are also less faces than the Tinder, they allow check for: a) women; b) man; c) man and woman couple; d) couple of men; e) female couple; f) transsexual, transgender and transvestite –the terms written here used in the app
In their reply, sent in January 2016, Trifonoy pointed out other differences:. the app’s name is a fusion “Three” (three) and “Friender” (name that connects friends). Therefore, the correct pronunciation, he said, would be “Three-ender”, as he is Bulgarian, and not “Thrinder”, as alleged by Tinder.
No romance
He also denied a possible inspiration in Tinder, as it develops 3nder the last three years. Another point that separates the two services are their purposes.
“The 3nder was inspired by my desire to provide the first truly open platform for people exploring their sexuality away from conventional social pressures,” he argues. To characterize the Tinder, he quoted the words of IPO papers on the Stock Exchange of Match.com. In it, the company says its service was “designed to increase users the chance to find a romantic connection.”
The Trifonoy explanation was not accepted, and Tinder sent another letter in early May warning which filed a lawsuit in the EU trade mark court. Last Monday, the Bulgarian said that the service would remain in the air and began to warn its users of the investee’s rich cousin. Also promoted the #SuckMySocksTinder campaign ( “suck my socks, Tinder”). Before you imagine a fetish, the hashtag was created with reference to photographs of app users to preserve their identity, prefer to show the feet of the face.
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