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Apple Sued Over Unix Trademark

Posted by simoniker on from the god-sued-over-apple-trademark dept.

Jerrry writes "CNET News reports The Open Group is suing Apple over unlicensed use of the Unix trademark, after Apple used the term in conjunction with its Mac OS X marketing. Apple, meanwhile, is countersuing to have the Unix trademark declared invalid because the term has become generic."

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  1. Re:I think i'll side with Apple by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, it doesn't matter anyway. Taco has lost his vaunted sense of humor and funny mods don't count anymore.

  2. Re:A plain english translation of this lawsuit: by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn you, vBulletin! You've corrupted my sense of proper HTML! :)

    [i]Duh..[/i]

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  3. Not to feed a troll, but... by MsGeek · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Apple NEVER made a PINK computer. In all its years of playing with different colors and different designs for its computer cases.

    Guess what, a PC manufacturer just did.

    Are you now going to walk around saying "Gateway is teh gay" now? Because according to your logic, Gateway deserves the tag now.

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  4. Re:Noonix? by zogger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just doing ad lib stand up he's a lot funnier, I'll agree, mork and mindy was sorta dismal, but it was the quickest funny I could think of. Proly shoulda dumped it AC at zero on reflection... oh well

    With that said, I still krak up at mrs doubtfire.

  5. Da *nix is mine by perdelucena · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apple should have learnt that all the *nix are belong to SCO....

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