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VirtualDub Author Stymied by Trademark Troll

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the did-he-also-register-'lynch-mob'? dept.

trifish writes "The author of VirtualDub wrote on his blog that 'someone has registered "VirtualDub" as a "word mark" in Germany as of June 6, 2006 and is now sending out notices to people in that country demanding money for so much as mentioning the program and linking to the SourceForge download from their website.' Well, I confess that only now I fully understand why Linux, Mozilla, TrueCrypt, and other open source projects register their names as trademarks."

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  1. mod him down! by krell · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'll never be too soon to apply the slashdot moderation system to the patent system and everything else.

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  2. Re:Jawohl! by MarkGriz · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm going to start using the word "VirtualDub" as often as I can"

    Be sure to use it as a verb, that really pisses off trademark holders.

    IANAL, so how do I know? I googled it and sure enough, trademark owners hate that.
    Google it yourself and see.

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