The number and reasons for lawsuits in the USA is a bit of a joke to the rest of the world.
Tell me about it ? America is known as the litigation capital of the world by many. Australia's laws aren't the best, but at least they're not abused like this.
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Originally posted by Bart Smastard
I'm glad the Americans on this forum are laughing about this one
Me too. It's f***ing so pathetic it's f***ing funny.
IMO this makes Tigerdirect look even more petty. Who gives a fuck what size "Tiger" is on the OS X box? I hope Steve did this on purpose, because that is some butt-stupid reasoning on Tigerdirect's part.
Licensers give a fuck. The size of typography is a huge part of licsensing. For example. If you license a musical, in the contract there is a specification for how large the author's names are relative to the title when you are printing a playbill.
Man I love us nutty clanish Mac types. Best company in the world and I'll stick by them, thick and thin, like I have been since as long as I can remember.
I thought trademarking only applied to things like logos and not names like this. I mean, tiger is a word, it's in the dictionary. How can one trademark that???
Ummm. The same way Apple can trademark their name?
A trademark is exactly that, a mark that is unique to the area of business a company trades under. Trademarks can be common words, but applied to specific areas.
So, Apple Computer has a trademark relating to the sale of computer hardware and software.
I suspect TigerDirect is just fishing for money and I suspect Apple will quietly fork some over in exchange for a settlement.
Wait, I'm confused. I just bought a new mac. I wanted to buy it from Tiger Direct, because of their fine reputation in something or another. But I ended up buying it from Apple, because I thought they had just merged with Tiger Direct. I mean, Apple has Tiger, and I heard you could order Tiger directly from Apple. So they're Tiger Direct??
Now, if only I could figure out how to get my gas from Apple..they bought Exxon, right? And Kelloggs?
Wait, I'm confused. I just bought a new mac. I wanted to buy it from Tiger Direct, because of their fine reputation in something or another. But I ended up buying it from Apple, because I thought they had just merged with Tiger Direct. I mean, Apple has Tiger, and I heard you could order Tiger directly from Apple. So they're Tiger Direct??
Now, if only I could figure out how to get my gas from Apple..they bought Exxon, right? And Kelloggs?
FYI, someone at MacRumors.com forums, claiming inside info, has some details to share that put Tiger Direct in a (slightly) better light. I can't vouch for them, but FWIW... here:
Supposedly the lawsuit is over Apple using a larger font for the word Tiger on their packaging, than they had previously promised to use.
No money or delay (hope it's true!) is being sought--just a change in future packaging.
Well, having read the lawsuit, they are asking for actual damages, and that Apple be injoined from further using the "tiger" mark.
Tiger Direct has the word "Tiger" Trademarked as it applies to mail-order.
This is a sham of a suit. It should be dismissed immediately.
In other news.. fruit growers in florida began contacting their lawyers regrading the branding of a certain product line called 'Macintosh'.
Ironically, the Mac was supposed to be called McIntosh but apple was sued by the audio gear company of the same name. They changed it from Mc to Mac to resolve the case. Glad they did - or we'd be using McOS X!
Ironically, the Mac was supposed to be called McIntosh but apple was sued by the audio gear company of the same name. They changed it from Mc to Mac to resolve the case. Glad they did - or we'd be using McOS X!
So that is why there are no McJobs in the computer industry...(ducks)
When I use the dictionary, it says Macintosh is the variant spelling of a full-length waterproof coat. I'm so stupid that I never even realized that the McIntosh fruit wasn't spelled Macintosh.
I think that has more to do with Lawyers actually writing the laws.
But laws aren't the reason for all the lawsuits in America. The laws exist to permit lawsuits to take place in cases where damage really did occur. Its the people who exploit well-intentioned laws for their own personal gain that are the problem (and the lawyers who muckrake for such cases).
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Originally posted by Bart Smastard
The number and reasons for lawsuits in the USA is a bit of a joke to the rest of the world.
Tell me about it ? America is known as the litigation capital of the world by many. Australia's laws aren't the best, but at least they're not abused like this.
Originally posted by Bart Smastard
I'm glad the Americans on this forum are laughing about this one
Me too. It's f***ing so pathetic it's f***ing funny.
Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg
IMO this makes Tigerdirect look even more petty. Who gives a fuck what size "Tiger" is on the OS X box? I hope Steve did this on purpose, because that is some butt-stupid reasoning on Tigerdirect's part.
Licensers give a fuck. The size of typography is a huge part of licsensing. For example. If you license a musical, in the contract there is a specification for how large the author's names are relative to the title when you are printing a playbill.
Thinking,
Nomad
Originally posted by the cool gut
I think that has more to do with Lawyers actually writing the laws.
Lawyers don't write laws.
This is obviously a ridiculous, frivolous lawsuit. Nobody is going to confuse an operating system with an online store.
Originally posted by TednDi
I say we call Tiger Direct and try to order OS X Tiger!!
then complain that they are using apple to lure customers!!
Originally posted by Merovingian
I thought trademarking only applied to things like logos and not names like this. I mean, tiger is a word, it's in the dictionary. How can one trademark that???
Ummm. The same way Apple can trademark their name?
A trademark is exactly that, a mark that is unique to the area of business a company trades under. Trademarks can be common words, but applied to specific areas.
So, Apple Computer has a trademark relating to the sale of computer hardware and software.
I suspect TigerDirect is just fishing for money and I suspect Apple will quietly fork some over in exchange for a settlement.
Originally posted by a_greer
Well, so much for tiger direct as an apple reseller...
funny thing is they do sell ipods....
from HP
I fear Tiger direct has angered the legions of Mac Fans out there .
We may be only 3.6% of the market but we are loyal and irate!!!
which I could see apple dropping
Originally posted by Not Unlike Myself
In other news... cattle ranchers in texas are preparing to sue Microsoft over their next major OS release...
Now, if only I could figure out how to get my gas from Apple..they bought Exxon, right? And Kelloggs?
Originally posted by Louzer
Wait, I'm confused. I just bought a new mac. I wanted to buy it from Tiger Direct, because of their fine reputation in something or another. But I ended up buying it from Apple, because I thought they had just merged with Tiger Direct. I mean, Apple has Tiger, and I heard you could order Tiger directly from Apple. So they're Tiger Direct??
Now, if only I could figure out how to get my gas from Apple..they bought Exxon, right? And Kelloggs?
and Apple do golf too.
Originally posted by nagromme
FYI, someone at MacRumors.com forums, claiming inside info, has some details to share that put Tiger Direct in a (slightly) better light. I can't vouch for them, but FWIW... here:
Supposedly the lawsuit is over Apple using a larger font for the word Tiger on their packaging, than they had previously promised to use.
No money or delay (hope it's true!) is being sought--just a change in future packaging.
Well, having read the lawsuit, they are asking for actual damages, and that Apple be injoined from further using the "tiger" mark.
Tiger Direct has the word "Tiger" Trademarked as it applies to mail-order.
This is a sham of a suit. It should be dismissed immediately.
Originally posted by snoopy
Kellogg's Tony the Tiger better look out.
Or should he...
http://www.wptn.com/back00/tmrk_011_sep00.html
Nutso!
Car dealerships across America are also bringing a class action suit for the use of Jaguar.
And the ex-civil rights group is sueing about the use of Panther.
All in all, a bad week at Apple Legal.
Originally posted by Not Unlike Myself
In other news.. fruit growers in florida began contacting their lawyers regrading the branding of a certain product line called 'Macintosh'.
Ironically, the Mac was supposed to be called McIntosh but apple was sued by the audio gear company of the same name. They changed it from Mc to Mac to resolve the case. Glad they did - or we'd be using McOS X!
Originally posted by Gmac
Ironically, the Mac was supposed to be called McIntosh but apple was sued by the audio gear company of the same name. They changed it from Mc to Mac to resolve the case. Glad they did - or we'd be using McOS X!
So that is why there are no McJobs in the computer industry...(ducks)
When I use the dictionary, it says Macintosh is the variant spelling of a full-length waterproof coat. I'm so stupid that I never even realized that the McIntosh fruit wasn't spelled Macintosh.
Originally posted by the cool gut
I think that has more to do with Lawyers actually writing the laws.
But laws aren't the reason for all the lawsuits in America. The laws exist to permit lawsuits to take place in cases where damage really did occur. Its the people who exploit well-intentioned laws for their own personal gain that are the problem (and the lawyers who muckrake for such cases).
No one should be able to sue over the use of dictionary words...