ACS Sues Google Over Use of 'Scholar'

headisdead writes "John Batelle is noting that 'The American Chemical Society yesterday filed a complaint against Google, claiming the new Google Scholar infringes on its own product, called SciFinder Scholar.' Fairly typical subscription vs. free dispute, but with intellectual property issues thrown in for good measure."

Comments

Language

[Anonymous Coward]

Step 1: Copywrite the dictionary
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!

Re:Language

[Anonymous Coward]

Step 0: Learn to spell copyright

Re:Language

[tomhudson]

seems people can't tell the diffrence between "SciFinder Scholar" and "google Scholar", caus you know SciFinder sounds sooo much like google, they both have a single e in them!!

Next up:

• Dell Computer vs Gateway Computer
• House of Pancakes vs. House of Carpets (their products sound AND taste the same)
• Tom Cruise vs Tom Hanks
• Tom Hanks vs Tom Arnold
• Shannon Doherty vs Midland Doherty
• Chemical Bank vs the ACS over the use of the word Chemical
• Ford Motor Co vs General Motors
• General Motors vs General Foods
• General Foods vs General Tire
• General Tire vs Goodyear Tire
• Goodyear Tire vs BF Goodrich Tire
• The Goodyear Blimp vs Roseanne Barr
• McDonalds vs anyone singing "Old McDonald Had a Farm"
• Ford suing anyone with an "F" in their stock symbol (Ford's stock symbol is "F")
• SCO suing anyone with a stock symbol with an S, or a C, or an O, or an X (Hence Daimler-Chrysler - DCX)
• ABC suing NBC - 2 letters the same out of 3
• NBC suing CBS - 2 letters the same out of 3
• CBS suing PBS - 2 letters the same out of 3
• SCO suing CBS - 2 letters the same out of 3

Anyone want to add more?

Re:Language

[Shoeboy]

House of Pancakes vs. House of Carpets (their products sound AND taste the same)

If munching carpet really tasted like a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup, I wouldn't be gay. Well not as gay at any rate.

Yours in Christ,
shoeboy

Re:Language

[tomhudson]

Ford vs the F-word

... to anyone who bought a Focus, Ford IS the F-word.

Ford: http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn/index.php?name=Forums& file=viewtopic&t=10277

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Fixed On Race Day
Ford Owner Really Dumb
For Only Retarded Drivers
Backwards... Driver Returns On Foot
Fabrication Ordinaire Reparation Dispendieuse - French for simple manufacturing expensive repairs.
Flipped Over Russian Dunebuggy
Found On Russian Dump
For Off Road Death
Fucker Only Runs Downhill
Fat Old Rusted Dog
Fucking Old Rusted Dodge
Frigin Oakies Really Dig it
Funky Old Road Dog
Backwards...Don't Ride Over Fifty
Found on Road Ditches
Found On Rubbish Dump
Fails On Rainy Days
Fails On Race Day
Failure Of Research & Development
Found On Road Deserted
Fast Only Running Downhill
Factory Ordered Road Disaster
Ford Owners Recommend Dodge
For Old Retarded Drivers
Fucked On Race Day
Found On Rupert's Drive
First On Recycle Day
Full Of Rusty Dents
Found Outside Recycling Depot
Flies Off Road Deliberately
Fucker Only Runs Downhill

Q: What does a ford and a tampon have in common?
A: They both come with tow ropes.

Q: What does the GT stand for on a Ford?
A: Glued Together!

Q: How come Ford makes tractors and GM doesn't?
A: GM can't get one to run that slow!

Q: How do you double the value of a Ford?
A: Put gas in it

Did you know that 98% of all Fords ever built are still on the road?
The other 2% made it home!!

Q: What do you call someone who buys a secondhand ford?
A: Scrap Dealer

Re:Language

[Crusty Cracker]

I think he was trying to avoid copyright issues.

Re:Language

[jabber-admin]

You mean copywrite. *wink wink*

This is Awesome!

[The Lost Supertone]

Dang I just need to get my profs to approve me using this for papers and I'm set!

Change it to...

[ejito]

scholspire

chemical society scholar?

[bigbigbison]

So does this mean that only chemists can call themselves scholars? Damn, I guess I HAVE been wasting my life...

Re:HEY, THAT'S MY WORD

[SEE]

I'm sorry, Word Thief® is a registered trademark of the American Plagarists Guild. Unauthorized use is, in an acknowledged irony, forbidden.

If you wish to avoid lawsuits, you may join the Guild. Just send us a photocopied Newspaper Guild/Communications Workers of America membership form with a check made out to cash. (We couldn't be bothered to come up with our own form, and over 90% of our members have professional access to the NG/CWA form anyway . . . )

Jesus H. Christ!

[raider_red]

Dear American Chemical Society:

This letter is an instruction to cease and desist immediately in the following activities: 1st, your use of the word society. We at the Language Nazi Society have copyrighted the use of the term "Society" and will not tolerate the dillution of our trademarks by your use of this term. 2nd, your use of the term Chemical. As we have trademarked the entire dictionary, any other words you use can only be interpreted as an infringement on our rights. 3rd, the practice of writing letters as this also infringes on our dictionary tradmarks...