Supposedly, You can't use the term 'Woo' in a domain name -- Help!!!

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I just got a cease and desist from a law firm representing Automattic for using the term 'Woo' in my domain name... Not even sure what to do! Help!

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I see... they bought a company called WooCommerce a couple of years ago [0].

I think your choices are (a) find a different domain name or (b) talk to an attorney. You don't say what your site does, but if it's very different from e-commerce, you might be able to successfully fight this [1]. You will need a lawyer, though, and some amount of money.

Good luck!

[0] https://ma.tt/2015/05/woomattic/

[1] http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/is-it-trademark-infri...

Thanks for the information, it's appreciated. Guess I am going to have to hire a lawyer.

Part of the problem is that we distribute official WooCommerce extensions under the GPL General Public License... It's a legal grey area for sure.

You should ask a lawyer and that costs money, unless Automattic did a McMansion and people will help you for free. But nobody will know unless you tell us your domain and what kind of services you provide there.

The site in question is; https://woorefugee.com

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