The founder of this must not understand or care for the rammifications of passing off laws.<p>By calling it Muzmatch.com there are almost certainly people who thought it was a spin-off from Match.com, a market leader with trusted standards of operation. This is why you lose passing off cases.<p>If he'd have called it something that wasn't extremely similar to market incumbents he'd have a leg to stand on, and the story he tells on their blog is trying to paint themselves as the victims here but they really aren't.<p>The likelihood is that they will change their name and the vast majority of their existing users will carry on as-is. That's quite a win as he should consider himself lucky that they haven't been sued for loss of earnings by Match.com against the entire time they have been open.
Past HNs about Muzmatch:
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14959835" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14959835</a><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14919748" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14919748</a>
Stuff like this is what me lose all faith/hope/trust in the US legal system. I used to be a patriotic and loyal citizen but after reading so many similar such stories of injustice, I no longer believe that this country’s evil and corrupt system is worth protecting.
Not a muslim and not interested in dating apps but this seems more attractive than what tinder seems to be.<p>That said, it is ridiculous that something like match can be a trademark and that the ruling is in favor of the competitor.