Ryan A wrote:
Anyway, a 17yr old kid by the name of Mike Rowe opens up a webdesigning
company and names
it MikeRoweSoft (say it out loud..if you're really daft not to get it just
be reading it)..then registers
mikerowesoft.com...a couple of days later he gets an email from microsoft's
lawyers to
Stuart wrote:
As for the argument that he's only 17, what the hell does that matter?
His motivation was clearly to cash in on either the similarity or the
publicity from the action MS would take. The lucky fscker got the latter.
Gee, like Microsoft is such a tough sucker to hook. Frankly, I
Hey all,
heres something really interesting about that lovely company called
microsoft...(heard of them?)
Anyway, a 17yr old kid by the name of Mike Rowe opens up a webdesigning
company and names
it MikeRoweSoft (say it out loud..if you're really daft not to get it just
be reading it)..then
On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 16:00, Ryan A wrote:
Hey all,
heres something really interesting about that lovely company called
microsoft...(heard of them?)
Remarkable isn't it, I saw that article a few days ago.
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Can I hijack an OT thread?
NO, you may not. May you get boils and blisters all over your body for doing
so and
burn in hell for 300 years.
Hehe, just kidding, I dont mind but if you do it to some of the others here
they might
not like it.
..then your professor may grade it. Of course,
At 04:00 PM 1/23/2004, you wrote:
Hey all,
heres something really interesting about that lovely company called
microsoft...(heard of them?)
Anyway, a 17yr old kid by the name of Mike Rowe opens up a webdesigning
company and names
it MikeRoweSoft (say it out loud..if you're really daft not to get
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Copyright and trademark are two wholly separate things. The
Kimberly-Clark Corporation has a registered trademark on the name and
logo for Kleenex. Thus, no one else has a right to use the word
Kleenex to describe their product. That, however,
Another big one is Jello
It's a brand if I'm not mistakenthe product is gelatin
Jello brand gelatin
but all forms of pudding and gelatin are sometimes referred to as Jello...
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As a humorous sidenote, I meant to say: let's hope that Windows (a
registered trademark brand of Microsoft) doesn't get to the level of
name recognition where the consumer refers to all graphical desktops as
Windows. ;-)
Roger Spears wrote:
| Another
Hey,
I totally disagree, this does not disgust me just because this guy is 17, it
would even if a 40yr old *millionaire*
went through the same thing, I would think it wrong
For example,
I firmly believe that a farmer growing and selling apples it totally within
his rights to have a website
probably could've handled it more tactfully, but
they were required to take action.
-- jon
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Hey all,
heres something
jon wrote:
I'm not sure if it's obvious to you geeks, but for those who don't know
trademark law, you need to defend your trademark or it falls into the
public domain. Hence, if Canon's copiers refer to how well they xerox,
then it's a problem. (Same way for Jello, Kleenex, etc...)
Microsoft's
bring the whole precedent concept up next time they chase after
someone.
Stu
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jon wrote:
I'm not sure if it's
Oops. Make that 'there *aren't* many other collective groups...'. My
typing's a bit off today.
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Between
Microsoft's lawyers probably could've handled it more tactfully, but
they were required to take action.
Simple solution to a complex problem - Follow William Shakespeare's outlook
or the joke 'What's a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean called? -
A good start...'
Robin 'Sparky'
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