[ircshotty]

I mean, this seems perfectly reasonable? The letter is polite and explains exactly why they have reached out.

You could make a reasonable case that someone may be confused and think this fan is officially related to the Raspberry Pi company.

[detaro]

An ultimatum to delete all content within 2 weeks, after they've not said a thing for 8 years, linked the site from their official blog, ... seems quite heavy-handed. Yes, they might have the right to do so, but it is shitty and not the only option.

[ziml77]

I'm sure they can get in contact and discuss something more reasonable. I doubt RPi's stance is unwavering

[ircshotty]

Asking to transfer the domain with such short notice does feel heavy-handed for sure. But they haven't asked to delete the blog - only to remove offending references.

[leoedin]

Removing all references to Raspberry Pi from a blog dedicated to discussing the Raspberry Pi is effectively the same as asking to delete it. What would they be left with?

[detaro]

> remove all content relating to our Raspberry Pi brand

How much of a Raspberry Pi blog is going to be unrelated to the "Raspberry Pi brand"?

[undecisive]

I think that's a very interesting viewpoint, and probably says a lot about your background.

As a non-lawyer brit, this sound horribly harsh, we're about to sic the lawyers on you unless you stop everything immediately.

The very name Raspberry Pi Spy seems fairly clear - it is either using the raspberry pi to do something (spy) or it is spying on the raspberry pi. Either way, it screams unofficial.

[grumple]

This seems reasonable? Raspberry Pi is only successful because of the community around it. If you have a product that depends on community service engagement, you don’t do things that damage your community support.

This take was so wrong the raspberry pi ceo came out and apologized.

[slezyr]

Is "transfer your domain to us" really friendly?

[ben_w]

As a boss once told me, trademark law requires you to be a litigious arsehole, and to act as soon as you become aware of the issue.

This may not seem friendly to you, but the default is a heartless C&D with the letterhead of a legal firm and starting something like “our client…”

[pbhjpbhj]

FWIW it's not true. You don't lose trademarks by letting others use them, you lose trademarks by not paying your renewal fees (or genericisation: but that's actually protected against by trademark use).

This is not legal advice; this is my personal view and in no way relates to my employment.

[ben_w]

Also not a lawyer, but it is either literally what that boss said or very close to what he said — he may have used a different expletive, but he didn’t seem to be a fan, and I have every reason to think he was sincere.

[pbhjpbhj]

It's an oft repeated myth/excuse. I guess it lets TM management firms rinse clients for larger management fees.

[lilSebastian]

Out of the blue, after 8 years..