9/11 jokes (I assume that is what you actually meant) :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_humor (has a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to it; links to jokes in the References section)
Do you have another American disaster you wish to mention? I'll be happy to find a joke about it for you, and if I can't I'll write a couple just for you.
It does sound the same in spanish cause in spanish the sound for ph and sound f are given to the letter f. In spanish Ph does not exist as a singled out sound. and we do not make a difference. I bet some of you have heard a mexican using both sounds indifferently./
Yes, that's true - if you ignore the vowels.
'iPhone' is pronounced "eye fone"
'i fone' is pronounced "eee fone"
Of course, in Spanish, 'iPhone' would be pronounced with the long 'e' sound, but trademarks are normally pronounced in the way the native language pronounces them.
In the end, though, it doesn't matter. The court ruled that they're similar enough to cause confusion and the Mexican company had the trademark first, so Apple needs to either license it or reach some other deal or use a different name for the phone in Mexico.
please please READ the article i am mexican and i live in mexico ive read tons about this, (I am also an apple fan) APPLE FILLED for the lawsuit not the other way arround . So stop your nonsense comments about third world country extortion if anything it was apple taking adventage of a small company in mexico.
In their lawsuit they said ifone and iphone sound exactly the same and that the name ifone was in violation of apples iphone trademark.
It does sound the same in spanish cause in spanish the sound for ph and sound f are given to the letter f. In spanish Ph does not exist as a singled out sound. and we do not make a difference. I bet some of you have heard a mexican using both sounds indifferently.
APPLE ARGUED THE LAST IN THE LAWSUIT APPLE FILLED, and of course they lost and it was then when the iphone trademark was granted to the mexican company, and it was after that when ifone filled for a lawsuit.
And the comments about the cartels and about mexican corrupsion, yes there are cartels, and yes there is curruption here... but omg it has nothing to do with apple and the fact that ifone won is beacuse we have common sense in mexico and a lady who killed their cat in her microwave who files a lawsuit against LG because indeed there was not a sign in the instructions manual that said DANGER DO NOT INTRODUCE PETS IN IT and killed her cat, would have never won in mexico, (happend in america). In here to win a ridiculous lawsuit like that just doesnt happen... thats why apple lost when they decided to take legal action against ifone.
And if cartels have taken over entire towns in the north of my country is because of the fact that regulation laws for guns in america (specially in the south states) is, in my opinion, a joke. and (the next is not my opinion is a fact) every weapon used by the cartels has been illegally imported from the united stated. In mexico is super hard to get a gun (by legal means anyways). I would also add that my previous president was a turd that had no idea of what he was doing when he sent the army against the cartels and started a war. Its f proven war only brings more war, dead only brings more dead.
Returning to Apple... Make any comments you want to make about my country, just try not to sound so ignorant about what really happens here, and F read the article before posting the mexican company is bullying apple when it was the exact way arround
Basically, that person is saying that your comments are racist, xenophobic and shameful. And you know what? He's right.
Note: not everyone, obviously, just the ones who also insult Koh when her decisions are "korean", the English judge for living in that third world country "England", etc...
@SolipsismX: in the aftermath of 9/11, 9/11 jokes weren't well received in America. It's easier to make jokes once the shock and pain is absorbed.
@SolipsismX: in the aftermath of 9/11, 9/11 jokes weren't well received in America. It's easier to make jokes once the shock and pain is absorbed.
They weren't but I don't see how healing can begin if you forbid any jokes to ever be made about a situation. Seth MacFarlane made a joke about Lincoln being shot at the Academy Awards it was a 150 years after Lincoln's murder. Still too soon?
The spelling doesn't matter. Just ask the guy who's website was mikerowesoft.com
I wouldn't say that the spelling doesn't matter. It's just not determinative - as your example shows.
You can get into trouble for a name that's spelled differently and sounds the same -- or a name that's spelled similarly but sounds different. For example, you couldn't use 'Aple' for a computer name even if you pronounced it 'Ay pull ee'.
Neither sound nor spelling is the determinative factor. You have to show a likelihood that the use of the allegedly infringing name would cause confusion for consumers.
Apple is wrong here. And they do need to reign in their legal team. If a company has the rights to iFone from 2003 and is using it, you don't sue , you can't win. The team who initiated the suit rather than a discussion should be fired.
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Do you have another American disaster you wish to mention? I'll be happy to find a joke about it for you, and if I can't I'll write a couple just for you.
Yes, that's true - if you ignore the vowels.
'iPhone' is pronounced "eye fone"
'i fone' is pronounced "eee fone"
Of course, in Spanish, 'iPhone' would be pronounced with the long 'e' sound, but trademarks are normally pronounced in the way the native language pronounces them.
In the end, though, it doesn't matter. The court ruled that they're similar enough to cause confusion and the Mexican company had the trademark first, so Apple needs to either license it or reach some other deal or use a different name for the phone in Mexico.
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Originally Posted by guaredo
please please READ the article
In their lawsuit they said ifone and iphone sound exactly the same and that the name ifone was in violation of apples iphone trademark.
It does sound the same in spanish cause in spanish the sound for ph and sound f are given to the letter f. In spanish Ph does not exist as a singled out sound. and we do not make a difference. I bet some of you have heard a mexican using both sounds indifferently.
APPLE ARGUED THE LAST IN THE LAWSUIT APPLE FILLED, and of course they lost and it was then when the iphone trademark was granted to the mexican company, and it was after that when ifone filled for a lawsuit.
And the comments about the cartels and about mexican corrupsion, yes there are cartels, and yes there is curruption here... but omg it has nothing to do with apple and the fact that ifone won is beacuse we have common sense in mexico and a lady who killed their cat in her microwave who files a lawsuit against LG because indeed there was not a sign in the instructions manual that said DANGER DO NOT INTRODUCE PETS IN IT and killed her cat, would have never won in mexico, (happend in america). In here to win a ridiculous lawsuit like that just doesnt happen... thats why apple lost when they decided to take legal action against ifone.
And if cartels have taken over entire towns in the north of my country is because of the fact that regulation laws for guns in america (specially in the south states) is, in my opinion, a joke. and (the next is not my opinion is a fact) every weapon used by the cartels has been illegally imported from the united stated. In mexico is super hard to get a gun (by legal means anyways). I would also add that my previous president was a turd that had no idea of what he was doing when he sent the army against the cartels and started a war. Its f proven war only brings more war, dead only brings more dead.
Returning to Apple... Make any comments you want to make about my country, just try not to sound so ignorant about what really happens here, and F read the article before posting the mexican company is bullying apple when it was the exact way arround
Basically, that person is saying that your comments are racist, xenophobic and shameful. And you know what? He's right.
Note: not everyone, obviously, just the ones who also insult Koh when her decisions are "korean", the English judge for living in that third world country "England", etc...
@SolipsismX: in the aftermath of 9/11, 9/11 jokes weren't well received in America. It's easier to make jokes once the shock and pain is absorbed.
They weren't but I don't see how healing can begin if you forbid any jokes to ever be made about a situation. Seth MacFarlane made a joke about Lincoln being shot at the Academy Awards it was a 150 years after Lincoln's murder. Still too soon?
The spelling doesn't matter. Just ask the guy who's website was mikerowesoft.com
I wouldn't say that the spelling doesn't matter. It's just not determinative - as your example shows.
You can get into trouble for a name that's spelled differently and sounds the same -- or a name that's spelled similarly but sounds different. For example, you couldn't use 'Aple' for a computer name even if you pronounced it 'Ay pull ee'.
Neither sound nor spelling is the determinative factor. You have to show a likelihood that the use of the allegedly infringing name would cause confusion for consumers.
You remember this one?
I feel bad for this guy.
Damn, what can a guy like him do against a company like Nissan motor? He can't even use the domain names that he owns.
Apple is wrong here. And they do need to reign in their legal team. If a company has the rights to iFone from 2003 and is using it, you don't sue , you can't win. The team who initiated the suit rather than a discussion should be fired.