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Sparc Sends SparkFun Electronics C&D Letter

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the overly-litigious dept.

moogied writes "SparkFun.com, a electronics component provider, has been sent a cease and desist letter by Sparc in response to the lengthy trademark process that SparkFun is participating in. The letter states 'Because the dominant portion of the SparkFun mark, namely, SPARK, is phonetically identical and nearly visually identical to SI's SPARC mark, and because it is used in connection with identical goods, we believe confusion is likely to occur among the relevant purchasing group.' SparkFun.com has provided the entire contents of the letter, with a breakdown of points it feels are most relevant."

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  1. well now by poetmatt · · Score: 3, Funny

    guess who won't be buying any more sparc servers?

    1. Re:well now by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 4, Funny

      guess who won't be buying any more sparc servers?

      Unless you mean on eBay, I'd say: "Everyone".

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    2. Re:well now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're asking people with accounts on Slashdot to never reproduce.

      I thought it was a given.

    3. Re:well now by jiminizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      In other news, a number of large companies have suffered downtime recently from switching from data center servers to Arduinos for their mission critical applications.

    4. Re:well now by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 3, Funny

      In other news, a number of large companies have suffered downtime recently from switching from data center servers to Arduinos for their mission critical applications.

      But the lawsuit said they were practically the same!

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  2. And to add to the misery... by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...slashdot readers are bringing SparkFun.com to it's knees as we speak.

    Stand back, SPARC, we'll take care of this!

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  3. I think it just highlights by bugs2squash · · Score: 5, Funny

    That the dominant part of SPARC is not fun.

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  4. FARC by Hatta · · Score: 3, Funny

    So when is the FARC going to send Fark.com a C&D?

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  5. Re:Sun should lose by mcgrew · · Score: 2, Funny

    I swear that typoo was unintentional...

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  6. Oh, great... by kclittle · · Score: 2, Funny

    First SparkFun get a stupid cease & desist, *then* it gets slashdotted. Some days, it all just goes downhill from the git-go...

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  7. Wait... what? by TheJodster · · Score: 2, Funny

    So SPARC now lays claim to http://www.*sparc*.* as well as http://www.*spark*.*

    Does this mean I can't register www.sparccankissmyass.com without getting a C&D letter?

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  8. Other sites with better summaries by odin84gk · · Score: 2, Funny

    (Removed by user)

    I don't want all of my hacker/maker sites slashdotted at once!

  9. Re:so let me get this straight by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Firefox warning; apparently www.sparc.org/index.html has been reported as an attack site. Nice.

  10. Re:Next thing you know by Culture20 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those examples are from different markets. I'd say a better example would be "Al's Restaurant" and "Joe's Restaurant"; they both have "Restaurant", and might confuse people... if the people in question are suffering from dementia.

  11. God help the auto industry.... by jbezorg · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...what are they going to call sparkplugs now?

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