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A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - hal - 06-04-2014
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/apple-healthkit-taken/
“It is very flattering that they like our name, but I’m a little let down because how hard would it have been to spend five seconds to put HealthKit.com into their browser and find us?” Alison Hardacre, co-founder and managing director of HealthKit told WIRED. “Everybody worries that Google or Apple will come into their space and their business will die, but no one thinks that company will come into that space and use the same name!”
HealthKit bought its corresponding domain name, which Hardacre says is “too important to let go,” in early 2012. Apple hasn’t been in touch with the the company yet.
Prior to its Monday debut, HealthKit was referred to as HealthBook. Prolific breaker of Apple news Mark Gurman believes Apple switched the name from HealthBook to HealthKit at the last minute, in response to his early leaks. This sort of evidence does suggest he could be right. The fact that the domain, Twitter handle, and IP for the name don’t belong to Apple is unusual for the company, which often trademarks a slew of possible names to cover its bases (for the California names of OS X, Apple trademarked everything from Big Sur and Redwood to Yosemite. Apple has also trademarked “iWatch” in a number of countries).
I guess the apple arrogance wasn't just Jobs. Remember that Apple launched the iPhone before they had retained the right to use the name from Cisco. http://www.cultofmac.com/143006/how-steve-jobs-steamrolled-cisco-on-the-name-iphone/
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - mrbigstuff - 06-04-2014
Apple trademarked "Big Sur" and "Redwood"?
WTF?!?
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - Grateful11 - 06-04-2014
At first I thought this was about HeathKit.
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - WHiiP - 06-04-2014
Grateful11 wrote:
At first I thought this was about HeathKit.
Dude, you are REALLY old. :oldfogey:
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - mrbigstuff - 06-04-2014
nah, that was still around in the early '80s, even I remember it.
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - decay - 06-04-2014
or HeathBar
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - silvarios - 06-04-2014
There's already a Swift project as well. Long standing Apple operating procedure. I suppose they figure they will throw some money at the problem?
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - Speedy - 06-04-2014
Apple just needs to call them up, say bonjour and arrange a rendezvous to do a little discovering and come to a reasonable outcome.
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - davemchine - 06-04-2014
Yes, I'm sure it's nothing a very large check can't fix! If Beats is worth 3 billion then I'm sure this company is worth a bucket of gold also.
Re: A Startup Called HealthKit Isn’t Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name - pRICE cUBE - 06-04-2014
Fortune Cookie Say: Big suitcase full of cash from fruit company in your future to shut your yap.
