SAN FRANCISCO: Twitpic — an early online service that allows internet users to share photos on the Twitter social network — is shutting down due to what it said were legal threats from Twitter.
The dispute revolves around Twitpic's effort to have its name approved as a trademark, which Twitter appears to believe violates its own trademark.
Twitpic gained a loyal following after its 2008 launch for allowing users to post photos on Twitter's social network. Twitter has since added its own photo-sharing feature directly within its Web service.
Noah Everett, the founder of the 6-year-old service, said in a blog post that Twitter recently contacted his firm demanding that it abandon its trademark application. If Twitpic did not comply, Everett wrote, Twitter said his service risked losing access to the Twitter API — the technology specification that allows Twitpic to work with Twitter.
"Unfortunately we do not have the resources to fend off a large company like Twitter to maintain our mark which we believe wholeheartedly is rightfully ours. Therefore, we have decided to shut down Twitpic," Everett wrote.
The dispute revolves around Twitpic's effort to have its name approved as a trademark, which Twitter appears to believe violates its own trademark.
Twitpic gained a loyal following after its 2008 launch for allowing users to post photos on Twitter's social network. Twitter has since added its own photo-sharing feature directly within its Web service.
Noah Everett, the founder of the 6-year-old service, said in a blog post that Twitter recently contacted his firm demanding that it abandon its trademark application. If Twitpic did not comply, Everett wrote, Twitter said his service risked losing access to the Twitter API — the technology specification that allows Twitpic to work with Twitter.
"Unfortunately we do not have the resources to fend off a large company like Twitter to maintain our mark which we believe wholeheartedly is rightfully ours. Therefore, we have decided to shut down Twitpic," Everett wrote.
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