>>Mach3 is relatively safe from attack. If I have learned anything from my years working with lawyers and the law system, it is that the law is applied in shades of gray. Very little is black and white.
If Gillette launched a lawsuit against Mach3 with vigor they would likely win. Too often the entity with the biggest legal fund wins. Backup software is a long ways from CNC machine control. Their audience is not the general public. Look at what the EMC.com corp sells. Unless you are fluent in computers, you would have no way of identifying what their products actually do. The EMC corp was stretching to make a connection between their products and the EMC2 software. I see it as a cheap-easy shot. I think the EMC corporation should be ashamed of their actions. But apparently any debate is over, so we might as well move on and get back to it! The software isn't changing, just the name. Dave On 1/18/2012 8:21 PM, Mike Payson wrote: > 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. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! >> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >> Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
