Coinye的開發商——原名Coinye West——已經回覆了Kanye West的一封停產信，並給出了他們自己的停產宣告，堅持說他們的加密貨幣的更新版本與這位歌手無關，現在提到的是“戴著墨鏡的半人半魚混血兒”。Coinye的標誌最初是一個樣式化版本的Kanye West疊加在金幣背面，但韋斯特的律師抱怨說，這種貨幣的名稱和形象構成了商標侵權，錯誤地暗示Coinye是官方認可的產品。作為回應，Coinye團隊將其釋出時間提前到了公眾面前，但他們也改變了品牌，希望與之保持足夠的距離，以避免訴訟。

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，“現在重定向到印度的一個網站，開發商說，Coinye不太可能被混淆為一個合法的Kanye企業，是一個社群專案，而不是一個商業企業。沒有了“西方”和卡通形象，與坎耶的公眾形象有著更為鬆散的聯絡，但他顯然仍然是硬幣的靈感來源。提交原始信件的普賴爾現金男律師事務所（Pryor Cashman LLP）的布拉德•羅斯（Brad Rose）沒有立即回應置評請求。