Comments on: The Real Story About TechCrush

By: Deep Jive Interests » TechCrush: The Epilogue

Deep Jive Interests » TechCrush: The Epilogue — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:32:48 +0000

[...] Michael Arrington has certainly posted his side of things, and so I thought it would be fitting to allow Mr. Lutz to give his. I hope it serves as a bit of an epilogue to the fuss going on late in the week. To Michael Arrington’s credit, he certainly resolved this in a professional and congenial fashion. [...]

By: TechCrush: The Interview at The Blog Herald

TechCrush: The Interview at The Blog Herald — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:06:33 +0000

[...] To everyone’s relief, (and Michael Arrington’s credit) however, it was resolved collegially with the exchange of a few emails and a couple phone calls — and without the threat of cease and desist letters. Mr. Arrington did a great deal of work to describe in a blow-by-blow fashion all of the gory details at Crunchnotes on Friday. [...]

By: Hashim

Hashim — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:19:10 +0000

handled well, and more traffic for everybody.

By: /Message

/Message — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:15:24 +0000

TechCrush Part 3…

Mike has gone to a great deal of trouble to chronicle the many parts of the TechCrush story, including this: [from The Real Story About TechCrush] late evening Sept 21: Stowe emails me. Won’t post it here. Message is basically…

By: sean percival

sean percival — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:46:35 +0000

Well that was sure handled well, bravo to both parties.

By: Make You Go Hmm: » Misinformation, intrigue and trademark crush, another day at the blog office

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:37:37 +0000

[...] I’m feeling a little dumber after reading Michael Arrington’s chronological breakdown of what happened with Techcrush site not flying under the Crunch network of sites. Arrington explains: check out the site, note that the name and logo appear very close to techcrunch, and that the content looks very similar to techcrunch. I call my lawyer and say “I love this blog…but do we have a trademark issue?” He says “yes, a big one. when people do this, if you don’t try to stop it, you lose the right to try to stop others in the future.” [...]

By: Clique Communications: Online Community Marketing through Corporate Weblogs, Podcasts, and Internet Communities » Blog Archive » A Creative Commons Version of Trademark

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:55:08 +0000

[...] Mike Arrington has also provided his version of the story on his blog, CrunchNotes. [...]

By: Lutz Winter

Lutz Winter — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:42:54 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Everything is just fine. I followed-up on a lot of conversations yesterday, to shed a proper light on the matter. And I mailed Valleywag that there was in fact NO C&D-letter.
I’m glad and hope, we can all return to our daily duties now.

Thanks Michael, please keep up your good work,
Lutz, Techcrush.

By: ouriel

ouriel — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:51:39 +0000

Mike, i think you reacted right and that as usual unless people get into the real stuff they will probably claim any nonsense. You were right to establish contact with the guys at TechCrush first. You are also right to protect your trademark. Let s hope this cools down soon.

By: :Ben Metcalfe Blog » Blog Archive » Michael Arrington sets the record straight on TechCrush

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:01:46 +0000

[...] Micheal has set the record straight (at least from his perspective) by setting out the string of events that have occurred around this issue. [...]