Twitpic Folds After Twitter Threat
The six-year-old photo-sharing host isn't prepared for a fight with Twitter and will shut down on September 25.
The popular photo-sharing host Twitpic announced today that it will be shuttering the six-year-old service on September 25. Twitpic founder Noah Everett was not shy about the reason for the sudden shut-down: Twitter.
“A few weeks ago Twitter contacted our legal demanding that we abandon our trademark application or risk losing access to their API,” said Everett in a blog post. “This came as a shock to us since Twitpic has been around since early 2008, and our trademark application has been in the USPTO since 2009.
“Unfortunately we do not have the resources to fend off a large company like Twitter to maintain our mark which we believe whole-heartedly is rightfully ours.
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