"You see, Xerox did get paid- with Apple stock." which at the time was worth less than a happy meal.
Remember that when you don't have cash and you are not a player...companies will pay you with fictional assets such as shares.
I see too many companies doing this all the time. Just ask Xerox how much they made off the shares..assuming they were visionary enough to hang on to them.
My point being is that Check Cola's box looks very similar to Coca Cola's box. Yet they (Check) are still in business.
Trademark law is very specific..if common people can tell the difference between the imac and the emachine. Then apple has no case.:-(
"Coca Cola cannot hold a trademark on a certain type of food."
Yeah those found in Nature....
Was I talking about the cola... I am talking about the freaking box. It is red and looks very similar to Coca Cola's box.
As for food... Certain type means those that are found in nature. Coca Cola is a man made food and if you dare to steal and use their cola secret formula you will have a lawsuit.
You can only patent chemical compounds that are not found in nature. If they are found in nature you will not be issued a patent.
Go lookup a law book and read it out loud to yourself. Then ponder why Check Cola is still around.
As for compensation...ask Xerox how much money they made from the Apple shares they got. Then see if it really was compensation.
As for making a jackass of myself well... who cares... I was trying to make a point the Emachines will prevail in such lawsuit. If people can distinguish between the imac and the emachine then there is no chance in Hades that Apple will win. Sorry but that is the way it goes.
You make me sick... I will think about you in the crapper...
Have you ever gone to the store and bought a 12pack of coke only to arrive at home and see that it is the one and the only...CHECK COLA...
For years they have(check) have been selling their dumb cola betting that people will not notice it is not Coca Cola.
You don't see Coca Cola suing do you? So grow up Apple. Remember from who Apple got the idea for the mouse and the GUI for their OS. I don't recall anyone at Apple paying for it either.....
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Looks like Redhat wants to charge like Microsoft for their software.
Switching over to FreeBSD as we speak...
I might as well try to file for a patent on sub routines like binary searches, heaps, binary trees.
Who knows I might get lucky.
Anyway this is another fine example of non-tech micro managers (patent morons) who can't boot their machines, making life harder for all programmers.
"You see, Xerox did get paid- with Apple stock." which at the time was worth less than a happy meal.
:-(
Remember that when you don't have cash and you are not a player...companies will pay you with fictional assets such as shares.
I see too many companies doing this all the time. Just ask Xerox how much they made off the shares..assuming they were visionary enough to hang on to them.
My point being is that Check Cola's box looks very similar to Coca Cola's box. Yet they (Check) are still in business.
Trademark law is very specific..if common people can tell the difference between the imac and the emachine. Then apple has no case.
La8tr...
"Coca Cola cannot hold a trademark on a certain type of food."
Yeah those found in Nature....
Was I talking about the cola... I am talking about the freaking box. It is red and looks very similar to Coca Cola's box.
As for food... Certain type means those that are found in nature. Coca Cola is a man made food and if you dare to steal and use their cola secret formula you will have a lawsuit.
You can only patent chemical compounds that are not found in nature. If they are found in nature you will not be issued a patent.
Go lookup a law book and read it out loud to yourself. Then ponder why Check Cola is still around.
As for compensation...ask Xerox how much money they made from the Apple shares they got. Then see if it really was compensation.
As for making a jackass of myself well... who cares... I was trying to make a point the Emachines will prevail in such lawsuit. If people can distinguish between the imac and the emachine then there is no chance in Hades that Apple will win. Sorry but that is the way it goes.
You make me sick... I will think about you in the crapper...
La8tr...:-)
Have you ever gone to the store and bought a 12pack of coke only to arrive at home and see that it is the one and the only...CHECK COLA...
For years they have(check) have been selling their dumb cola betting that people will not notice it is not Coca Cola.
You don't see Coca Cola suing do you? So grow up Apple. Remember from who Apple got the idea for the mouse and the GUI for their OS. I don't recall anyone at Apple paying for it either.....
Payback is a $#@#!
La8tr....