Small Artist Group Gets Nastygram from Intel

SuperBanana writes "According to a story in the Boston Globe, Intel feels a MA artist co-op gallery's name is "too similar to Intel's advertising slogan." The gallery name: "The Art Inside Gallery". Intel has said it will pay for the costs of the name change, and the artists are debating the hassle and expense of getting a lawyer, but 16 artists don't stand much of a chance against one of the world's largest legal departments. This is not the first time Intel has threatened legal action over trademarks. Maybe the EFF's Chilling Effects Clearinghouse can help. Is anyone else getting tired of the bully called 'corporate America'?"

Comments

if you don't like Intel...

[alizard]

Don't buy them. Intel has just given you a reason to buy from anybody else.

You'll probably get better price-performance from AMD anyway. I've been using AMDs since the 286 generation... running a Duron now. I've had zero problems attributable to a non-Intel processor, though I did have to install a patch for the K6-350.

If you don't need good floating-point performance, check into VIA... last I heard, they run so cool they don't need cooling fans, either.

Sometimes there's no option other than to buy from thugs, but in the x86 market, you've got two other choices. How many do you need?

If you think it necessary to buy from "industry dominant vendors" who set the "standards", what are you doing here?