legal Good.com Files Federal Lawsuit For Trademark Infringement Against Good.co

[News]

Good Technology Corporation and Good Technology Software, Inc. (collectively, “Good”) which operates Good.com, filed a federal lawsuit against Good.Co, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California yesterday for trademark infringement and volition of the ACPA.

Here are the highlights:

Good was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Since its founding, Good has established itself as a pioneer in mobile technology software and as the leader in its field. More than 6,000 organizations in over 190 countries use Good Technology solutions, including FORTUNE® 100 leaders in commercial banking, insurance, healthcare, and aerospace and defense.

For nearly fifteen years, Good has developed and marketed an ever-expanding family of products using marks that consist of or feature the word “Good,” including the following software products: GOOD WORK, GOOD FOR ENTERPRISE®, GOOD PRO, GOOD ACCESS, GOOD SHARE, GOOD CONNECTTM, GOOD DYNAMICS®, GOOD ENTERPRISE SUITE, GOOD COLLABORATION SUITE, and the GOOD MOBILITY SUITE,

These marks appear in and on Good’s products, on Good’s website, in the Google® Play and Apple® App Stores, and on the millions of mobile devices deployed by Good’s more than 6,000 customers. Each week over 2.3 billion messages bearing the notation “Sent by Good.com are sent using Good’s software products.

Full Article: http://www.thedomains.com/2015/01/2...t-for-trademark-infringement-against-good-co/

 

[leternal]

I think it's a nonsense. Nobody can (should) trademark random dictionary word just because they took it first. It's just greed.

 

[BostonDomainer]

I think it's a nonsense. Nobody can (should) trademark random dictionary word just because they took it first. It's just greed.

In this case it's not greed, it's rights protection and the company filing suit is justified. The owner of Good.co is clearly (in my opinion) treading on Good Technology Solutions' mobile space as shown on it's current website. It would be very easy for the public to confuse the two.