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MarTech » Marketing Operations » Pinwheel Has A New Name: Findery

Pinwheel Has A New Name: Findery

With a U.S. court telling Pinwheel that it couldn’t use that name anymore, the location-based startup has chosen a new name: Findery. It also has a new lantern icon (shown at right) on its renamed Twitter feed and its new Facebook page, and a new blog where founder Caterina Fake’s first post explains that nothing […]

Matt McGee on July 27, 2012 at 5:20 pm

findery-logo-iconWith a U.S. court telling Pinwheel that it couldn’t use that name anymore, the location-based startup has chosen a new name: Findery.

It also has a new lantern icon (shown at right) on its renamed Twitter feed and its new Facebook page, and a new blog where founder Caterina Fake’s first post explains that nothing but the name has changed.

A New York court recently agreed with Pinweel, a mobile photo-sharing site, that Pinwheel (with the “h”) was infringing on its trademark. Yesterday, Pinwheel temporarily redirected its site to 2bkco.com, the name of its parent company.

Today, Findery has even been joking about the situation on Twitter — sarcastically listing some names that didn’t make the cut:

Some of the names that didn’t make it: “Noterina Omega 5000”, “Beacon & Eggs”, “Over Yonder!”, “Thunder Egg”, “Land Ho” and “Caterinaught”.

— FinderyHQ (@FinderyHQ) July 27, 2012

In her blog post, Fake also says that “fall looks most likely” for Findery’s public launch. The site is still in private beta, invite-only mode. Findery allows users to leave public or private notes (with or without photos) about locations around the world.

The site began its private beta (as Pinwheel) in February of this year.

findery-screenshot


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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Matt McGee
Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.

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