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BitTorrent to Sue Over Trademark

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-p-i-ro-nee dept.

joe 155 writes "The people at BitTorrent are to begin to protect their rights through lawsuits if necessary: "The company will set the lawyers on anyone using the BitTorrent name, and trademark, if they are using it to distribute spyware or adware" They also plan to put into action a system where by people will have to pay a licence fee to use the name in the hope of cutting down on adware distribution."

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  1. WTF by stinerman · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Then people will stop calling it BitTorrent ... end of story.

    Even then, what makes the folks at BitTorrent (Bram?) think that threat of a lawsuit will stop people from using their name? The people they are targeting regularly disregard copyright laws. Will they simply fly straight when it comes to trademark law?

  2. Creative Revenue... by catdevnull · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Well, the BT folks probably need all the money in their coffers as they can get for their own legal fund.

    This is the dawning of the age of aquar...uh, make that litigation.

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  3. So that was by slapout · · Score: -1, Redundant

    what all that money they got was for -- lawyers.

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