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Intel Puts The Squeeze On ... A Yoga Foundation?
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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Isn't this what us Americans have been voting for for the last thirty years? why is it, we have voted the corporate line for all this time and we act surprised when this happens? Corporate oligarchy is not new, we have just accepted it as the norm. To say otherwise is liberal and subversive and would get a file started in the FBI about you as a terrorist or communist. Vote Green!
-- Defenestrate Microsoft!
If AMD decided to sue someone for trying to use the letter 'D' as the third letter in their company acronym, the majority of /.'ers would be cheering them on. This favoritism for AMD is just a tad bit silly, doesn't one think? And don't tell me that this lawsuit is any more trivial than 95% of the suits in progress in the courts at any given time. If Intel wins, they win, if Intel loses they lose. Nothing will change, really. Wait! Maybe no one will be able to say 'inside' anymore! Maybe the open source community should revolt! Sheesh. Keep your pants on.