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unix.com Wins Domain Dispute

Posted by Hemos on from the fighting-the-good dept.

kyler writes "Apparently unix.com was able to afford the lawyers to fight off X/open from stealing their domain name in the wipo domain dispute. If the domain unix.com doesn't violate the UNIX trademark, what gives them the right to take unix.net away from me and unix.org away from Michael? This is ludacris" We had the story about unix.org losing their battle so this is a Good Thing.

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  1. My favourite part: by tuxedo-steve · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the document:
    The Complainant states that its mark is notorious and that the Respondent must have known about it.
    They could have said `well-known'. They could have said `famous'. They could even have said `ubiquitous'.

    They chose, `notorious'. That's kinda sweet. :)
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    1. Re:My favourite part: by MisterBlister · · Score: 4, Funny
      They chose, `notorious'. That's kinda sweet. :)

      Notorious U.N.I.X. Eastside for life, nigga.

    2. Re:My favourite part: by Perdo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wei Zhongxian, notorious eunuchs, no balls for life.

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      If voting were effective, it would be illegal by now.

  2. Answers! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    If the domain unix.com doesn't violate the UNIX trademark, what gives them the right to take unix.net

    Because being an opensource advocate means that you give up material possesions like domain names.

  3. Pardon? by Nailer · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is ludacris

    hell no nigga it ain't. This is Ludacris, foo'. Check yo spelling, y`all sucka MCs meant ludicrous.

    Ahem...

  4. Ludacris? by martissimo · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is Ludacris and i've never heard him mention unix while rapping... did you mean ludicrous perhaps? ;)

  5. So I'm Confused by Kasmiur · · Score: 2, Funny

    even after reading the article I am left confused.

    Who do I cheer for? Theres no Microsoft nor RIAA or MPAA to boo. I guess since its all unix I should root(pardon the pun) for them both.

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  6. The Next Battle by robbway · · Score: 2, Funny

    The fight is now on for Eunuchs.com. I hope they have money left!

    1. Re:The Next Battle by MarvinMouse · · Score: 3, Funny

      The fight is now on for Eunuchs.com. I hope they have money left!

      Well, I don't think they'll(Eunuchs.com) have the balls to fight back against a big company like Open Source.

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      ~ kjrose
  7. Thank you for telling me what to think by Astrorunner · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We had the story about unix.org losing their battle so this is a Good Thing."

    Isn't it great that we have the editors at Slashdot to break things down to simple terms? All I need to do to make up my mind is look and see if it is a "Good Thing" or a "Bad Thing."