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msmobiles.com_robot
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 Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Samsung |
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What is wrong with RIM? Until recently many people in mobile industry were sympathizing with them because they were being sued and attacked through frivolous lawsuits by certain evil company that also was trying to ...
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thecoroner
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gilesjuk
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Samsung |
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Yeah but look at the Windows and Lindows case.
Windows is a dictionary word and Microsoft still managed to get Lindows to rename itself. |
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rassah
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:27 am Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Samsung |
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| gilesjuk wrote: | Yeah but look at the Windows and Lindows case.
Windows is a dictionary word and Microsoft still managed to get Lindows to rename itself. |
Well, Lindows was a very obvious play on th Windows name, with just an L in front of it. I never even considered that "BlackJack" could be a play on "BlackBerry" until I read about this. I always tought BlackJack was based on this device being black, and being all rectangular and very thin like a playing card. |
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gilesjuk
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:37 am Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Samsung |
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| rassah wrote: |
Well, Lindows was a very obvious play on th Windows name, with just an L in front of it. I never even considered that "BlackJack" could be a play on "BlackBerry" until I read about this. I always tought BlackJack was based on this device being black, and being all rectangular and very thin like a playing card. |
Yes, but one was a fictitous word, the other was a dictonary word.
It is much harder to trademark a dictionary word versus a fictional one.
This is your usual tactics anyway, once someone sees their market being threatened they find some way of hampering the competitors. |
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kupe
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Samsung should do the right thing and rename the phone "the Rimberry." 
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EJR
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Samsung |
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| gilesjuk wrote: |
Windows is a dictionary word and Microsoft still managed to get Lindows to rename itself. |
yes, but it is whole world and RIM's claim is to "black" and not to whole "BlackBerry" word. It's like Microsoft would sue anybody who uses "win" in product name name because this is the first part of "WINdows" word! |
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gilesjuk
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:24 am Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Sams |
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| msmobiles.com_wiseacre wrote: | | gilesjuk wrote: |
Windows is a dictionary word and Microsoft still managed to get Lindows to rename itself. |
yes, but it is whole world and RIM's claim is to "black" and not to whole "BlackBerry" word. It's like Microsoft would sue anybody who uses "win" in product name name because this is the first part of "WINdows" word! |
It seems they're objecting to Black followed by another word.
I'm sure Apple would sue someone that created a product prefixed with i.
The case will be thus, RIM will have to prove that there is a reasonable chance that someone would be confused between blackberry and blackjack.
The same case sort of case happened between Yellow Wikis and Yellow Pages and they had to rename to OWikis.
http://owikis.org.uk/
Yes it's stupid, but that's big business for you. |
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EJR
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:32 am Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Sams |
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| gilesjuk wrote: |
I'm sure Apple would sue someone that created a product prefixed with i.
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no! absolutely wrong! Example: iMic - Apple never sued maker of this microphone:
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/ |
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rassah
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| This whole thing reminds me of Fox News suing Al Franken for using the words "fair and balanced." |
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gilesjuk
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Sams |
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| msmobiles.com_wiseacre wrote: | | gilesjuk wrote: |
I'm sure Apple would sue someone that created a product prefixed with i.
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no! absolutely wrong! Example: iMic - Apple never sued maker of this microphone:
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/ |
Yes, but that's an accessory for one of their products.
I meant if the product was a competitor.
Eg. MP3 player called iPlayer. |
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kupe
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Sams |
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| gilesjuk wrote: | | The case will be thus, RIM will have to prove that there is a reasonable chance that someone would be confused between blackberry and blackjack. |
It wouldn't take long to figure out the blackjack is a phone built by a professional, innovative Korean electronics company while the blackberry is an email device built by a litigation-seeking bunch of Canucks.
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warpoet
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Sams |
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| kupe wrote: | | gilesjuk wrote: | | The case will be thus, RIM will have to prove that there is a reasonable chance that someone would be confused between blackberry and blackjack. |
It wouldn't take long to figure out the blackjack is a phone built by a professional, innovative Korean electronics company while the blackberry is an email device built by a litigation-seeking bunch of Canucks. |
Little, bitter haters are so damned adorable at your age.
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EJR
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject: Re: All your BLACK are belong to us - says RIM and sues Sams |
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| warpoet wrote: |
Little, bitter haters are so damned adorable at your age. |
warpoet : please stay on topic and please comment on the topic at hand (RIM sues Samsung due to BlackJack)! No flaming here or I will ban you. Kupe's comment was on topic, yours is not. |
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j-girl
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Kupe - I certainly wouldn't call Samsung "professional and innovative" for mirroring the design and functionality of RIM's products as well as having to use a name that is similar, hoping to capitalize on the BlackBerry's popularity.... |
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