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Australian Women Fight Over "Geekgirl" Trademark

Posted by samzenpus on from the geekgirls-geekgirls-you're-both-pretty dept.

bennyboy64 writes "Two prominent women in the Australian IT industry are in a bitter dispute over the ownership of the trademark 'geekgirl.' A woman attempting to use 'geekgirl' on Twitter told ZDNet that women had been advised by the trademark owner to stop doing so since she owned the trademark for the word. 'She noted her trademark and asked me to stop calling myself a "geekgirl" in general conversation and to cease using the hashtag "#geekgirl" on Twitter,' IT consultant Kate Carruthers said."

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  1. Who will win? by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who will win?

    Under UK law, it would be the one who could prove they used it first.

    Under French law, it would be who registered it first.

    In Australian law? The one with the biggest tits.

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    1. Re:Who will win? by S.O.B. · · Score: 4, Funny

      In Japanese law, the one dressed as a schoolgirl.
      In Russian law, the one who can bench press the most..
      In Canadian law, the one with the most donuts.
      In U.S. law, the one with the biggest tits (See Australian law).
      In Italian law, the one with the biggest tits (See Australian and U.S. law).
      In French law, the one with the hairiest armpits.
      In Saudi law, the one with the least amount of skin showing.
      In Dutch law, the one with the most pot.
      In Latvian law...got nothin'.
      In Irish law, the one who can drink the most beer.
      In Scottish law, the one who can drink the most scotch (duh) while playing golf.
      In English law, the one with the straightest teeth.
      In Brazilian law, the one with a Brazilian.

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    2. Re:Who will win? by gravis777 · · Score: 5, Informative

      BTW, in reading the article, the one who is sueing has had the trademark since 1995, the second one registared, but was not approved, in January of this year. Sounds like a legit complaint to me.

  2. Re:Ridiculous by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going to start calling myself slashdot now.

    OK, but now if I ever agree with one of your posts I'm going to have to say "I agree with Slashdot", and that alone will put me right.back.in.therapy

  3. Re:Which one is here on Slashdot? by MRe_nl · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://slashdot.org/~geekgirl/friends
    Pre-twitter uid i think.
    Probably a man though ; ).

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  4. Why 'girl'? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why do women, even the most intelligent ones, tend to use the word girl in their names?

    Is it for attention? It sounds fucking stupid. Just like when I see boy in a name, I tend to think the person behind it is a dimwitted moron with no imagination.

    (Anonymous Coward is so much more impressive.)

  5. Betrayal of geekdom by Arancaytar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone who claims a trademark on such a generic term should hand in their geek card and instead join the Patent Troll Club. :-(

  6. Re:Or... by catmistake · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ha ha ha that's so cool you call girls ugly, man, I wish I could have an opinion

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  7. Re:Ridiculous by voidptr · · Score: 4, Funny

    People act Elitist with a low UID, I hope to reverse that trend.

    Let me know how that work out for you, filthy 7-digiter.

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  8. Re:Ridiculous by bano · · Score: 4, Funny

    I must be here...