Pinterest the Bully? Travel Startup Thinks So, Answers Trademark Lawsuit
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Pinterest had a huge travel vertical even before it filed its lawsuit and prior to its launching of Place Pins. Regardless of the outcome of this trademark lawsuit, few are confusing the prospects of Pinterest vis a vis Pintrips.
Travel startup Pintrips finally answered a Pinterest trademark-infringement lawsuit, arguing that the visual social media company is a "bully."
"This Complaint is a textbook example of an industry giant using a spurious lawsuit to bully a small entity into giving up its right to use a generic, common term that merely describes a core function of its service," Pintrips alleges in a motion to dismiss.
"The law does not permit a commo
