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____/ Felis silvestris on Monday 15 Mar 2010 11:33 : \____
> On SÃndag 14. mars 2010 16.16, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ JeffM on Sunday 14 Mar 2010 04:18 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>|A trademarks tribunal has knocked back Apple's bid
>>>>|to stop a small company from trademarking the name DOPi
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>>> You can't say Cupertino doesn't have big brass ones.
>>> Hey, Apphole. You want a trademark on something?
>>> Register that and PAY for it.
>>>
>>> At least the Aussies have some sense.
>>> Remember MikeRoweSoft.com in the USA?
>>
>> His name is pronounced like "Micro", so he should
>> stay out of software.
>
> Hm. In the south of Norway a local politician named Kjell MacDonald is
> running a fast-food place that does NOT serve hamburgers ... no reason to
> stay out of that business just because he has Scottish ancestors.
>
> http://bedrift.na24.no/Bedrift/266596/Kjell+Macdonald (in Norwegian)
Trademarks are such a tricky thing when it comes to names of founders.
Many surnames are names of firms in many different areas of industry.
Many conferences also share the same acronyms peacefully, but Google
culture made it trickier and lead to lawsuits.
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