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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. 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.)

  2. 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. :-(

  3. 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.