Valleywag reports photo-sharing site SmugMug has received a cease and desist letter from TiVo in regards to their usage of thumbs up/down functionality and/or graphics. CEO Don MacAskill claims SmugMug is not in violation of TiVo’s trademarks as they aren’t using the symbols in an interactive television application. MacAskill suggests TiVo’s legal department will be rather busy if they start going after the likes of Digg and every other thumbs up/down ranking system. Without being privy to the letter, I’m not ready to pass judgment either way… Though I have to ask: What would Fonzie do?
