{"id":564909,"date":"2023-03-17T10:01:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T07:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lightning-labs-and-tari-agree-to-convert-restraining-order-in-trademark-suit\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T07:01:43","slug":"lightning-labs-and-tari-agree-to-convert-restraining-order-in-trademark-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lightning-labs-and-tari-agree-to-convert-restraining-order-in-trademark-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"# Lightning Labs and Tari agree to convert restraining order in trademark suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d2132bcba1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d2132bcba1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lightning-labs-and-tari-agree-to-convert-restraining-order-in-trademark-suit\/#%E2%80%9D_Lightning_Labs_and_Tari_agree_to_convert_restraining_order_in_trademark_suit_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Lightning Labs and Tari agree to convert restraining order in trademark suit &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Lightning_Labs_and_Tari_agree_to_convert_restraining_order_in_trademark_suit_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Lightning Labs and Tari agree to convert restraining order in trademark suit &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMtMDMvNWY3ZTNkMDctZjRjNi00YjMyLTg4YjQtMzBkZmM2NDFlMmJhLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-48054ca8>Bitcoin (BTC) software firm Lightning Labs and blockchain startup Tari Labs have agreed to convert a court-ordered temporary restraining order that halts the development of Lightning&#8217;s Taro protocol.<\/p>\n<p>In a March 15 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.404957\/gov.uscourts.cand.404957.57.0.pdf\">filing<\/a>, lawyers for both Lightning and Tari proposed converting the restraining order to a preliminary injunction \u2014 a temporary order that prevents a party from undertaking certain actions.<\/p>\n<p>The order&#8217;s conversion to a preliminary injunction would stop the development of the protocol until a court decision is reached.<\/p>\n<p>The two firms agreed that Lightning would still not make updates to the Taro protocol, merge internal updates with the protocol&#8217;s public-facing open-source code and could not announce or otherwise launch &#8220;the next stage or &#8216;milestone&#8217; of the TARO protocol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lightning was permitted, however, to respond to communications from non-Lightning developers and users, if it does not use those communications to further Taro&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p>It could also reference Taro as the &#8220;prior name of the protocol&#8221; for announcements pertaining to changing the protocol&#8217;s name \u2014 as long as it was &#8220;not confusingly similar&#8221; to Taro or Tari.<\/p>\n<p>The temporary restraining order was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.404957\/gov.uscourts.cand.404957.56.0.pdf\">issued<\/a> on March 13 by California District Court Judge William Orrick after Tari Labs said the name \u201cTaro\u201d infringed on its trademark rights as it was too similar to its own protocol named \u201cTari\u201d \u2014 a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alter.com\/trademarks\/tari-87811438\">registered<\/a> trademark in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Lightning Labs has been unable to make updates to or regarding the Taro protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Tari Labs first filed a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.docketalarm.com\/cases\/California_Northern_District_Court\/4--22-cv-07789\/Tari_Labs_LLC_v._Lightning_Labs_Inc\/1\/\">complaint<\/a> for trademark infringement against Lightning Labs on Dec. 8, alleging both firms \u201ccompete in the same digital blockchain ecosystem\u201d and provide similar, \u201cin some cases identical,\u201d services.<\/p>\n<p>Both firms also \u201cmarket to similar developers and users, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear on the same blockchain platforms,\u201d according to Tari.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><strong><em>DeFi on Bitcoin is possible with this new Layer 2: AMA with Mintlayer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> of the restraining order prompted a backlash on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>. Tari Labs co-founder, Riccardo Spagni, defended the lawsuit, arguing in a March 15 tweet that the letters \u201cI\u201d and \u201cO\u201d are close enough together on a computer keyboard to cause confusion and that Tari offered to fund Taro\u2019s rebrand a year ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the contrary &#8211; if you don\u2019t defend a trademark you literally lose it. Also the i and o are next to each other on the keyboard; their own counsel mistyped it. Last thing I\u2019ll say is that we (1) reached out ages ago, multiple times, via email \/ Twitter DM \/ in person at a\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k65HU4xKfp\">https:\/\/t.co\/k65HU4xKfp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ric \u201cel pony esponjoso\u201d (@fluffypony) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fluffypony\/status\/1636104416817192960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The lawsuit was similarly defended by Tari co-founder, Naveen Jain, who suggested in response to a Twitter user calling the suit \u201cfrivolous\u201d that it was \u201cit\u2019s hard to call something \u2018frivolous\u2019 when a judge issues a temporary restraining order in your favor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">you are welcome to your opinion. That said, it&#8217;s hard to call something &#8220;frivolous&#8221; when a judge issues a temporary restraining order in your favor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Naveen  (,) (@NaveenSpark) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaveenSpark\/status\/1636249511327662081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lightning Labs develops software for the Lightning Network, a Layer 2 solution for the Bitcoin blockchain which allows for transactions that are cheaper and faster than those executed on the base layer.<\/p>\n<p>Its Taro protocol is an ambitious project which was announced on April 5 amid a $70 million funding round and plans to build upon Bitcoin\u2019s Taproot upgrade and allow stablecoins to be transferred via the Lightning Network.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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