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Rupert Murdoch Claims To Own the 'Sky' In 'Skype'

Posted by samzenpus on from the mine-now-I-take-it dept.

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."'"

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  1. Hah! by sheehaje · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems they own the word Douche in the word Douchebag too.

    1. Re:Hah! by Zeek40 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Seems they own the word Douche in the word Douchebag too.

      I came here to call him a Douchenozzle, I stayed to sue you for trademark infringement.

    2. Re:Hah! by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 5, Funny

      Next: Murdoch sues the UK town of Scunthorpe...

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  2. take my love..... by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.....)

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  3. Yes but he also owns the merde in Murdoch. by kipling · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes but he also owns the merde in Murdoch.

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  4. Re:He's crazy right? by PatrickThomson · · Score: 3, Funny

    If your *** is blue you need to see a doctor, man!

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  5. Re:I Trademark letter E on the internet $0.01 per by mrsurb · · Score: 3, Funny

    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!

  6. Hoist him by his own petard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  7. Re:Fox in Firefox by xouumalperxe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh don't worry. They'll have to sue these guys out of existence first.

  8. Re:"sky" an Old Norse word for "cloud" by boxwood · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  9. If I were a lawyer by Normal+Dan · · Score: 3, Funny

    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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