Who’s getting flatpacked now? After an eruption of online outrage, Swedish furniture giant IKEA might be having a change of heart over its decision to pressure popular fansite IkeaHackers.net to shut down or change its name, under threat of an intellectual property rights infringement lawsuit.
IKEA’s lawyers had sent the founder of IkeaHackers, Malaysian Jules Yap, a Cease and Desist notice, accusing the fansite of using IKEA’s trade name to earn a profit.
However, the case went viral, with news portals all over the world reporting on IKEA’s actions, and prominent online voices such as tech blogger Cory Doctorow and tech site Gizmodo rallying support for Yap’s cause.
Yap started IkeaHackers in 2006, and in the 8 years since, the site has fostered an avid global community of furniture modders.
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