FWIW, Mach3 is relatively safe from attack. Trademarks apply to a
particular domain only, and razor blades and software are quite different
domain. In addition, there must be reasonable reason to believe that the
consumer would be confused by the use of the term, and it is highly
unlikely that anyone believes that Mach3 CNC controller is a product
of Gillette. EMC was at risk because both organizations provide software,
and there is a reasonable reason to expect the consumer to be confused.
Honestly, I am surprised it took EMC this long to take action.

LinucCNC is a good name. It has been the projects domain for ages. It is
much more descriptive of what the software actually does than "EMC"
(granted, Enhanced Machine Controller was descriptive, but how many people
used the full name? How many users could not have even told you what EMC
stood for?).

It seems to me that, regardless of the motivation, the name change is
actually a positive change for the community. There are plenty of real bad
things to worry about in the world, and on the grand scale of injustices,
this one is pretty trivial. My two cents, lets run with the new name and
all the free publicity that will come along with the changeover and work on
making LinuxCNC a better program.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Jack Coats <j...@coats.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Dave <e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote:
> > Seeing that EMC2 has been stung by the EMC Corporation for trademark
> > infringment, why isn't Gillette pursuing Mach3 CNC  ???
> >
> > Or is it only a matter of time?
> >
> Open projects and individuals are easy targets.  A friend had
> 'Penguin.com' for several years,
> then Penguin Books sent him a letter and told him to turn it over to
> them without compensation.
> Scared him enough, so he did.
>
> Deep pockets could have fought and probably won, but IMHO the software
> is the focus
> not the name.  The name is just nice to keep the same for continuity sake.
>
> It also lets big companies think that they can get away with whatever
> they want.  But unless
> someone is willing to pay to fight in court, it doesn't matter.
>
>
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