Comments on: Regator steals Afrigator’s brand

By: schizo the fitscho

schizo the fitscho — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:22:44 +0000

It’s obvious to everyone that one is an aligator and the other a crocodile. Two entirely different things. Entirely.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:46:16 +0000

Thanks for popping by Scott and leaving a comment. I hope we’ve all set this to rest now and I look forward to seeing both Afrigator and Regator growing from strength to strength in unique directions.

By: Scott Lockhart

Scott Lockhart — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:47:12 +0000

Hi! This is Scott, one of the Co-Founders of Regator.com.
I had the pleasure of chatting with Justin and the afrigator guys today and they have fully retracted what they said earlier about Regator stealing their brand or doing anything close to copyright infringement, as our site is anything but identical to theirs, even by coincidence. Once they actually saw the site and we had a chat it was obvious. They are good guys and this was just a misunderstanding that snowballed. Shows you can’t believe everything you hear on the internet…

You can see Afrigator Co-Founder Justin Hartman’s post here: http://justinhartman.com/2008/07/04/regatorcom-...

And here is one setting it straight from Mike @ Afrigator:
http://www.mikestopforth.com/2008/07/05/afrigator-speaks-to-regator-issue-resolved/

Cheers!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:33:13 +0000

UPDATE: Justin has been in contact with Scott of Regator, who seems a very decent guy, and apparently resolved the issue. Scott gave Justin a beta test login yesterday and after Justin took a snoop around he apparently noted a lot of differences in functionality between Afrigator and Regator. Scott has claimed the brand likeness a pure coincidence and our team now agrees. I'm probably the most skeptical of the lot, and agree with the comments above about Regator doing some better market research, but we will not be taking this matter any further.