The owner of FundMe.com has filed a lawsuit against personal fundraising site GoFundMe.com over the similarity of their names and trademarks, and a bit of nuance around types of crowdfunding.
FundMe.com has a trademark related to business funding. GoFundMe is a site for personal or charitable crowdfunding.
GoFundMe requested that FundMe.com stop offering personal crowdfunding services.
But once FundMe.com started researching GoFundMe’s arguments, it found that GoFundMe was apparently getting into the business crowdfunding space, which it believes infringes on its own trademark.
Lawsuit available here
FundMe.com has a trademark related to business funding. GoFundMe is a site for personal or charitable crowdfunding.
GoFundMe requested that FundMe.com stop offering personal crowdfunding services.
But once FundMe.com started researching GoFundMe’s arguments, it found that GoFundMe was apparently getting into the business crowdfunding space, which it believes infringes on its own trademark.
Lawsuit available here