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Microsoft Sued Over Bing Trademark
mentus writes "Bing! Information Design, a design company from Missouri, is suing Microsoft over 'intentional interference' with their trademark and claiming Microsoft had knowledge of the trademark when it relaunched its rebranded search engine. Microsoft legal representative Kevin Kutz states that he believes the case will be dismissed and that Microsoft 'always respect[s] trademarks and other people's intellectual property, and look[s] forward to the next steps in the judicial process.'"
I reserve my opinion until Mat Perry's declarations on the subject.
They sold the Lindows trademark to Microsoft for $20 million?
1. Start new Linux distro with a name that sounds like "Windows", but not too close (ex: not "Wimdows" or "Winblows"). At this point I would suggest "Bingdows" just for the fun of it.
2. Wait for Microsoft to sue for trademark infringement
3. Have Microsoft's case thrown out
4. Ask Microsoft to respect you
5. Profit!
"That's a good name, let's steal like we do all our IP"
I think the reason they did not know about Bing! was because they tried to find them with Bing. Should've googled it...
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I hear Zombie Bing Crosby is none too pleased, either.
All right boys, buy him out!
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"That's a good name, let's steal like we do all our IP"
Yeah, but... Bing? That's like breaking into Fort Knox so that you can steal paper clips.
Are you suggesting a new name for Bing -- perhaps "Bung"?
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