GEOIP.COM
Creation Date: 2000-04-07T17:58:45Z
Registration Date: October 26, 2004Not trolling. That's their IP. I wouldn't fight that fight.
Doesn't everyone say "geoip" though? / how else would we describe such a service? I thought there was something against trademarking commonly used words that describe generic things.
No plans to fight it. But it seems brutal... considering geoip.app is free/open-source/non-commercial, links to their site for those interested in licensing more accurate data, and "geoip" seems to be in use elsewhere (e.g. geoip.com).
The term "IP address geolocation" is common and descriptive enough, and isn't trademarked. The mark "GeoIP" is MaxMind's trademark for their particular IP geolocation service, and isn't something you can use just because you're familiar with the term, regardless of if the application is free/open source/whatever.
While you likely mean well, MaxMind has a legal and practical obligation to defend their mark, which means issuing C&Ds for people who are using it without a license to do so.
IP-based Geolocation? There are multiple portmanteaus that can be made from the phrase; you could use one of those instead of using the one they made.