Judge Denies TigerDirect's Request for Injunction

wallykeyster writes "As predicted in previous discussions the judge has ruled against TigerDirect's request for injunction to prevent Apple from using 'Tiger' in their advertising." I heard that both people who still held respect for TigerDirect no longer do.

Comments

Does that mean...

[pmazer]

I can say "Tiger" again?

Re:Does that mean...

[DoraLives]

I can say "Tiger" again?

Only if you say it indirectly.

Re:Does that mean...

[gvc]

Yes, but you still don't have enough free vocabulary to relate the opening scene from The Flintstones. As you may recall, Fred puts the tiger out but it re-enters the house, not through the door but through the winspire.

Re:Does that mean...

[macthulhu]

I don't know... The 80 year old man that lived next to me as a child used to call me "Tiger"... That was 1974. You'll be hearing from my lawyers.

Re:Does that mean...

[Anonymous Coward]

Your girlfriend calls me "Tiger"--more prior art :).

Re:Does that mean...

[antic]

My neighbor used to call me the same thing, until I stopped leaping out of the bushes in his front yard and scratching at his face.

Re:Does that mean...

[digitalcowboy]

I don't know... The 80 year old man that lived next to me as a child used to call me "Tiger"... That was 1974.

How old are you and what dimension are you from? As a child, this now 80 year old man lived next to you and that was in 1974?

Oh, wait. I parsed the sentence wrong, didn't I?

Re:Does that mean...

[AndroidCat]

Sure, the judge said "Hold that Tiger!"

So...

[Anonymous Coward]

So it looks like TigerDirect's injuction was nothing but a paper tiger.

They still have a shot.

[wls]

Next up, TigerDirect sues Microsoft for using the word Direct in DirectX.

Re:They still have a shot.

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple have been dying ever since Steve 'rim' Jobs founded it. Although it may have a fancy GUI, OSX is not any more functional than Windows 3.x and is on average 5 times less than reliable. This is mainly due to poorly written proprietry code hashed onto a stolen communist operating system - linux. To complement the inferior software, Apple sells hardware which is generations behind its equivilant PC counterparts - albeit disguised in white enclosures which it markets as 'trendy'. Unfortunately they can at best be described as gay. One can only hope that Apple throw in the towel soon and recall their entire product range before there are any more victims of fires caused by their inferior products. APPLE IS TEH SUXXORS

In order to enjoy a smooth running reliable and lightning fast operating system which will run on anything from the original 80186 CPU to the newly released Pentium II processor, we recommend that you use Microsoft Windows Millenium Edition (TM). To obtain this software please visit www.microsoft.com

Re:They still have a shot.

[mbaudis]

everything true. and the design! they should fire this european guy, and hire the design team from dell, or better from e-machines. also, put some neon lights in their boxes - they have all those unused holes. and, you forgot to mention the file transfer times. 2 hours for an email attachement. and no floppy for years, and no known viruses => no geek challenge!

Watch Out...

[MarkMcLeod]

Tony the Tiger, you're next!

Re:Watch Out...

[Anonymous Coward]

Grrrrreeeaaat!

Re:Watch Out...

[Winterblink]

Imagine if you will, the legal 69 that would occur if TigerDirect changed its slogan to "TigerDirect. We're GRRREEEAT!"

Telling the difference between the two

[Faust7]

Judge Lenard said "any given customer who cross-shops TigerDirect and Apple, whether over the internet or in person at their retail local stores, will be able to distinguish their respective retail outlets due to the distinctive differences in their marketplaces' appearance and messages."

Need proof? Look at the shiny polished Slashdot logo at the top. When was the last time you looked at that and thought "Oh, I'm in the TigerDirect section of Slashdot!"

Re:Telling the difference between the two

[Tony Hoyle]

Damn. I've been trying to install this shop on my mac for days, and *now* you tell me I should have been buying a product sold at a store not the store itself.

Nope, they are being sued themselves by T-Com ...

[dscho]

... for their use of the letter "T"

Re:Unnecessary comments

[Timesprout]

Are you insane! How will the slashbots know what the current group think is without the asinine comments!

TigerDirect ads

[Anonymous Coward]

As I type this there is a TigerDirect banner ad at the top of my Slashdot page...

I'm sure there's some witty comment I could be making here, but I have no idea what it is.

Re:This is dumb.

[LiquidCoooled]

Bullshimble!
The English language is evolving.com all the time, and new words are addendumated every year into the lexicolon.

Re:I have mod points

[LiquidCoooled]

So where can I moderate Cowboyneals comments on this story?

In your hosts file.

Something like this should suit you nicely :)

64.236.24.28 slashdot.org

Re:Pardon? What intellectual property?

[jimicus]

If you're a great big stripy cat with the power to rip out someones' guts with one swipe of razor-sharp claws, your name is damn well protected.

Not that sort of tiger?

Re:I look forward to the day...

[cpghost]

Yeah: imagine a dictionary full of (C)s and (R)s:

Tigers(C) (Panthera tigris(R)) are mammals of the Felidae(TM) family, one of four "big cats"(R)(C) that belong to the Panthera(R) genus. Tigers(R) are "predatory carnivores"(TM)

Re:I have mod points

[Richard_at_work]

And now Im in a wierd position, I would *love* to moderate you for that comment (up incase youi were wondering) but I cant because Ive commented, but you wouldnt have made that comment if I hadnt commented, so I couldnt have moderated you if I hadnt commented. Oh well :)

Re:What the future holds

[LazyEmc2]

It will be like screen names:

We're sorry but the term Fruit Loops is trademarked. Try one of the below suggestions:
1)Fruit_Loops_4623
2)Fruity_Hoops
3)FrtLps2005
4)Fruit_Loops_V2.0

Re:This is dumb.

[SpeckledJim]

Who'd have thought it? George W Bush posting on Slashdot.

Re:This is not personal. They have to protect it.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Yeah? You and whose army .. oh."

Re:This is dumb.

[tourvil]

The English language is evolving.com all the time, and new words are addendumated every year into the lexicolon.

Wouldn't words come out of the lexicolon?

Re:This is dumb.

[Scrameustache]

Bullshimble!
The English language is evolving.com all the time, and new words are addendumated every year into the lexicolon.

...perfectly cromulent word.

Usage

[shoebert]

I heard that TigerDirect is going to allow anyone free use of the word "tiger," but only after you pay in full for it and wait 4-6 weeks for the mail-in rebate.

Difficulty at the gas pump

[Basehart]

I hope they get this Tiger business sorted out soon.

I was at an Esso gas station the other day and everyone was trying to force a copy of Apple's Tiger installer disk into their gas tanks.

Re:This is dumb.

[Have Blue]

lexicolon

I know you were joking, but this is seriously the best word ever. We can use it for the entire vocabulary of horribly abused words on the Internet and cell phones.

Tiger,tiger burning bright

[panurge]

In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Protects thy brand integrity?

Under India's burning skies
IP issues do not rise
If you've passed on being shot
You still can't sue the goddam lot

Genus felis does not code
Nor shifts boxes by the load
Salesmen in expensive shirts
Don't care if your image hurts

Tiger,tiger burning bright
In the forests of the night
Though extinction faces you
It faces all those brand-names, too

With sincere apologies to William Blake.

Re:Wonder what would happen if I created AppleDire

[justins]

Come on man, it's not like Apple just sues random people willy-nilly with little provocation.

Oh wait... Apple...

80 year old man ... used to call me "Tiger"

[runlvl0]

Old Man: Hey, muscly arm, why the long face?
Chris: It's this girl. I can't talk to her. It's like girls are a different species or something.
Old Man: Who needs them? You like Popsicles?
Chris: Well, sure.
Old Man: Then you need to come on down to the cellar. I got a whole freezer full of Popsicles.
Chris: No, thanks. I gotta get going.
Old Man: Don't make me beg now.
Chris: You're funny. Bye.
Old Man: Get your fat ass back here.

Re:TigerDirect in the Wrong?

[Anonymous Coward]

I just had an unusual thought on this... what if the judge himself is a mac user?

Then the lawyers will just have to speak slowly.

Re:This is not personal. They have to protect it.

[Anonymous Coward]

It was the single largest theft of intellectual property the world has ever seen

Wait, this is Slashdot. You can't steal intellectual property, remember? What the US was doing in this case was freeing trapped "property" to be shared by the world!

Re:I look forward to the day...

[Alsee]

Tigers(C) (Panthera tigris(R)) are mammals of the Felidae(TM) family, one of four "big cats"(R)(C) that belong to the Panthera(R) genus. Tigers(R) are "predatory carnivores"(TM)

You did not properly tag all of the existing trademarks you used. All of the following can be verified at the US Patent and Trademark website.

Panthera: serial number 78308042
Are: serial number 76529298
Mammal: serial number 75769435
Of: serial number 76165824
The: serial number 75726394
Family: serial number 78410485
One: serial number 78570482
Four: serial number 78450854
That: serial number 78270174
Be-long: serial number 78507203
To: serial number 76217768
Genus: serial number 78456711

What you should have written was:
Tigers(C) (Panthera(TM) tigris(R)) are(TM) mammal(TM)s of(TM) the(TM) Felidae(TM) family(TM), one(TM) of(TM) four(TM) "big cats"(R)(C) that(TM) belong(TM) to(TM) the(TM) Panthera(R) genus(TM). Tigers(R) are(TM) "predatory carnivores"(TM)

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