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Red Hat Founder Offers Help in Apple vs.Tiger Lawsuit

Posted by Zonk on from the fun-with-trademark-law dept.

Art Vanderlay writes "Robert F. Young, a founder of Linux distributor Red Hat and now owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian football team, has offered Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs a quick way out of a lawsuit by TigerDirect over the latest version of Tiger. According to the Globe and Mail, Mr. Young has offered to license the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' historical use of the word Tiger to Apple free of charge. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have been around since 1869. '136 years ago we were called The Tigers,' Mr. Young said. 'If anyone owns the exclusive rights to the word tiger with that much history and tradition, it's gotta be us.'"

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  1. yeah? by phloydphreak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And I will liscence to Bill G4t3s the term 'asshole'. If anyone owns the exclusive rights to the word with that much history and tradition, it's gotta be . I'll even liscence it to him free of charge.

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  2. Re:Tyger Tyger by bluekanoodle · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    No Overlap?



    Tiger direct sells hardware, Apple sells hardware.


    Tigerdirect sells software, Apple sells software.


    Tiger direct operates an online store selling hardware and software, Apple operates an online store selling hardware and software.



    Looks like some overlappin' to me!

  3. Re:Trademarks by anothy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nothing says "Good Italian food in Canada."

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