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Rupert Murdoch Claims To Own the 'Sky' In 'Skype'
Crudely_Indecent writes "Not content to own just news stories, Rupert Murdoch is now going after individual words! His BSkyB is fighting a legal battle with Skype, claiming that it owns the 'Sky' in 'Skype.' From the article: 'A spokesman for Sky confirmed that the company has been involved in a "five-year dispute with Skype" over trademark applications filed by the telecomms company. These are, the spokesman added: "including, but not limited to, television-related goods and services."'"
Seems they own the word Douche in the word Douchebag too.
take my land
take me where I cannot stand
I don't care
I'm still free
you can't take the sky from me
(Sorry, it's the first thing that came to mind.....)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
I completely understand and support this lawsuit. Yesterday I thought to myself "I'm going to watch Batman Begins on Sky Movies HD" but instead of going to my TV I switched on my computer loaded up Skype and started chatting to my sister. The brand confusion is obvious.
I read somewhere that this has been going on for 5 years so Skype has been around at least 2 years before Ol' Rupe decided to sue. Aren't you required to sue over trademark infringements or you lose them?
Yes but he also owns the merde in Murdoch.
-- open source? sounds like the real book --
If your *** is blue you need to see a doctor, man!
I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
You bill about $0.50 and site about the same for it's text.
Well I'm trademarking superfluous apostrophes and you owe me big time!
So if Murdoch wins this, will he set a precedent that allows KY Jelly to sue him for the KY in SKY?
After all, it might create confusion in the market, seeing as how they are both in the business of fucking you in the arse.
I own the "ass" in Fox Classics. So there.
They will not have him.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Oh don't worry. They'll have to sue these guys out of existence first.
You think that is bad, wait till they have to pay another 2/5 for BS.
Subscribers have been paying for that for over two decades now.
Oh, how convenient: a theory about God that doesn't involve looking through a telescope.
Haha
I just envisioned an englishman trying to learn norse. He points up and asks the viking "what do you call that?" The viking gives him the norse word for cloud. But of course since its always cloudy and raining in england, the englishman never learns the norse word for sky, only the norse word for cloud.
I am from Clodnia, you insensitive Latvian!
I would use the candid camera defense. The idea is, this lawsuit is so ridiculous we must be on candid camera. Everyone involved would break out laughing saying "Oh, I get it!" and "OK, where are the cameras?" Then everyone on our side would proceed to believe it was a joke and not take anything Rupert's lawyers say seriously, etc.
Then again, there's probably a good reason I'm not a lawyer.
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He's not quasi evil?
I am not in anyway affiliated with Max Cannon
in asshole