On Thursday, 3 March 2022 19:55:07 EST Rod Webster wrote: > >Some of us remember when the EMC corporation sent their lawyers > >calling because we had a similar name to them. No matter that we had > >it first. > I'm one of them. And I was pissed at the audacity of a bookkeeper who was a johnny come lately not even worthy of capitalizing the J. OTOH, it did force a more useful name on us. So it wasn't all bad.
> Before my time. > There are plenty of examples where the user of an untrademarked name > has had to cease and desist after another organization trademarks a > word already in use. > Even to the extent of an Australian Winemaker called Chardon being > taken to task by Moet and Chandon to name a small local example. > Or Aussie made Ugg Boots losing the name to a US trademark... which > was the blatant hijacking of a product. > > That's why I hold a trademark of my brand..... > > This is quite different as we are not purporting to be Ethercat or > trading as Ethercat. We are just talking about licensing where credit > has to be given. Its not even close to the EMC example. > > > Rod Webster > *1300 896 832* > +61 435 765 611 > Vehicle Modifications Network > www.vehiclemods.net.au > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 at 10:37, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 at 16:17, gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > > I don't see the future risk as zero... > > > > Some of us remember when the EMC corporation sent their lawyers > > calling because we had a similar name to them. No matter that we had > > it first. > > > > Beckhof have been very clear that they own the word EtherCAT, we > > wouldn't even have the same wiggle room we had last time (and last > > time we were in the right and still stood little chance) > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
