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Judge Denies TigerDirect's Request for Injunction

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the nice-tries dept.

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.

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  1. Does that mean... by pmazer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can say "Tiger" again?

    1. Re:Does that mean... by DoraLives · · Score: 5, Funny
      I can say "Tiger" again?

      Only if you say it indirectly.

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    2. Re:Does that mean... by gvc · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

    3. Re:Does that mean... by macthulhu · · Score: 4, Funny

      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.

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    4. Re:Does that mean... by antic · · Score: 5, Funny


      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.

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    5. Re:Does that mean... by digitalcowboy · · Score: 3, Funny

      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?

    6. Re:Does that mean... by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sure, the judge said "Hold that Tiger!"

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  2. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  3. They still have a shot. by wls · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:They still have a shot. by mbaudis · · Score: 3, Funny

      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!

  4. Watch Out... by MarkMcLeod · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tony the Tiger, you're next!

    1. Re:Watch Out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Grrrrreeeaaat!

    2. Re:Watch Out... by Winterblink · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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  5. Telling the difference between the two by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!"

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    1. Re:Telling the difference between the two by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 3, Funny

      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.

  6. Nope, they are being sued themselves by T-Com ... by dscho · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  7. Re:Unnecessary comments by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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  8. Re:This is dumb. by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  9. Re:I have mod points by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

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  10. Re:I look forward to the day... by cpghost · · Score: 4, Funny

    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)

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  11. Re:I have mod points by Richard_at_work · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 :)

  12. Re:This is dumb. by SpeckledJim · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  13. Re:This is not personal. They have to protect it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  14. Re:This is dumb. by tourvil · · Score: 3, Funny
    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?

  15. Re:This is dumb. by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny

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

    ...perfectly cromulent word.

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  16. Difficulty at the gas pump by Basehart · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  17. Re:This is dumb. by Have+Blue · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  18. Tiger,tiger burning bright by panurge · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.

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  19. Re:Wonder what would happen if I created AppleDire by justins · · Score: 3, Funny

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

    Oh wait... Apple...

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