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.'"

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Add the E.

[Speare]

I was hoping a meme would catch on, to call it "binge," but that never happened. Maybe they should just add the E themselves, to avoid the trademark dispute. (Yeah, I know, the trademark claim is incredibly weak, but I can dream.)

Bing?

[Yvan256]

Ned: Phil? Hey, Phil? Phil! Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you!
Phil: Hi, how you doing? Thanks for watching.
[Starts to walk away]
Ned: Hey, hey! Now, don't you tell me you don't remember me because I sure as heckfire remember you.
Phil: Not a chance.
Ned: Ned... Ryerson. "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
Phil: Ned Ryerson?
Ned: Bing!
Phil: Bing.

Bing? (take two)

[Yvan256]

Ned: Phil?
Phil: Ned?
[Punches Ned in the face]

Re:fp

[Anonymous Coward]

a/s/l?

Have you never seen a good idea?

[athowell]

I've seen sites with a design I liked and used a similar idea.. is this wrong?