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Intel Puts The Squeeze On ... A Yoga Foundation?

Posted by timothy on from the making-chips-instead-of-license-plates dept.

geogeek6_7 writes: "Intel Inc., everyone's favorite chipmaker, has apparently decided that they own the rights to the word 'Inside.' In proceedings bordering on the line of frivolity, the Yoga Inside Foundation has been tagged with trademark infringment in papers submitted to the PTO by Intel. The article states that Intel will most likely use the Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 in court." Don't worry, Intel doesn't want every instance of the word "Inside" -- only the ones that come right after another word. (Look at the meaning of "Inside" that the YIF is referring to, and the story gets even more absurd.)

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  1. FP!! by timothy+(editor) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    First editor post!!

    But seriosly. I have been seeing more and more of this. Little guys being hounded by big corporations over abstruse copyright infringement for seemingly no reason.

    Windows vs. Lindows

    Mcdonalds vs. McDonald's bakery in Scotland.

    Paramount vs. Harry Potter fansites

    etc, etc, etc

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