Coinye的开发商——原名Coinye West——已经回复了Kanye West的一封停产信，并给出了他们自己的停产声明，坚持说他们的加密货币的更新版本与这位歌手无关，现在提到的是“戴着墨镜的半人半鱼混血儿”。Coinye的标志最初是一个样式化版本的Kanye West叠加在金币背面，但韦斯特的律师抱怨说，这种货币的名称和形象构成了商标侵权，错误地暗示Coinye是官方认可的产品。作为回应，Coinye团队将其发布时间提前到了公众面前，但他们也改变了品牌，希望与之保持足够的距离，以避免诉讼。

Upon receipt of your letter, we kindly changed our imagery so not to confuse the general public with your clients image as we appreciate that there may have been a point of contention.

We have now removed any and all references to your client which we feel could mislead someone in to believing that there is in any way a link between the two. As you can tell from our new community-submitted, updated materials, we make no visual or verbal reference to Kanye West but to a half-man-half-fish hybrid who is wearing sunglasses, again, totally separate from any resemblance to your client.

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We request an end to the c***tant haras**ent and scare tactics. Herein, we require the following from your client. 1. Cease and desist from any and all use of the mark 'Coinye' and other related words or phrases containing 'Coinye'. Should you wish to challenge this request, We require with immediate affect that you supply us with any Intellectual Property proof you may own, including but not limited to, promotional material, video, audio, PR material containing the use of the name or terminology 'Coinye' in any capacity. 2.No further communication through our private email addresses shall be made in an empty [sic] to strong-arm myself and/or any other individual who operates a website or service containing references to 'Coinye' in an attempt to halt efforts on this open source project.

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I do not see that there is a likelihood of confusion between the Trademark set forth by your client Kanye West and those being presented by under the Meme Crypto Currency Coinye Coins ("The Gay Fish"). The official site states, and has always stated, that we are not affilated with Kanye West. (See the FAQ section.) These sites are used to provide people with Coinye Coins so that they may purchase "Fish Sticks For Their Mouth."

“原始域”CoinyeWest.com，“现在重定向到印度的一个网站，开发商说，Coinye不太可能被混淆为一个合法的Kanye企业，是一个社区项目，而不是一个商业企业。没有了“西方”和卡通形象，与坎耶的公众形象有着更为松散的联系，但他显然仍然是硬币的灵感来源。提交原始信件的普赖尔现金男律师事务所（Pryor Cashman LLP）的布拉德•罗斯（Brad Rose）没有立即回应置评请求。