(On the Ferenstein Wire) – Jdate, the popular relationship service accountable for much more Jewish hookups than a bottle of Manischewitz, is to relax and play hardball in the canine-eat-puppy arena of sweet Jewish meets-and make.

Jdate’s mother team, Spark Networks, subtly recorded a lawsuit later a year ago up against Jswipe, brand new ‘Tinder to own Jews’ matchmaking app, saying mental possessions along the page “J” inside Jewish relationship world (the firm refers to the branding as “J-family”).

On top of that, Jdate claims it owns the patent to the software you to definitely “confidentially find fits and informs profiles regarding mutual matches during the emotions and interests.” Jswipe, eg Tinder, notifies pages whenever their romantic focus ‘swipes right’ to their visualize, breaking Jdate’s patent.

Jdate’s court brief up against Jswipe makes the case one to internet dating sites which brand name on their own into “J-family” of brands is actually breaking Jdate’s trademark.

Yet, it’s difficult to make the claim that it’s because Jswipe spends the newest page “J”. There can be significantly more jewish programs you to begin by the fresh letter “J” than simply Nyc school closings on the Rosh Hashanah. Jcrush, Jwed, Jzoog are only a number of the Jewish dating programs with the the market industry. ‘J-name’ inside the business branding appears because well-known because “berg” inside the Jewish past brands.