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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. hah by Gillious · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There were people who still respected Tiger Direct?

  2. Re:Even the judiciary loves Apple. by Clanner · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I don't see how naming an operating system after after an animal is trampling anybody's IP rights. Last time I checked, the word "tiger" was a common english word- it's not Apple's problem that TigerDirect choose that word to be part of their name. Besides, do you really think anyone was confused about Mac OS X Tiger and TigerDirect?

    And as far as being hammered, Apple does get hammered, and rightly so, when it comes to DMCA threats, etc. Apple certainly is far from perfect or an ideal corporate citizen. But all-in-all, I think they are better than Microsoft when it comes to their corporate citizenship.

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  3. I look forward to the day... by LP_Tux · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When they try to sue the oxford dictionary for including the word tiger...

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