So he's used a domain which he's owned for ages to sell games and make some money. Big deal. The logo's different and couldn't be confused in a hundred years. If Game Group wanted it so bad theyshould have offered him a reasonable amount, instead the offers seem pretty pathetic - less than a year of game.co.uk's profit!
TBH, the 1,000,000 figure suggested to Game group is probably a bit low, given 60,000 annual profit and taking into account how much further profit a big outfit like Game Group would make on the same unit sales with their massive margins. They'd be looking at well over 100 grand. If a company's values at 10x annual profit, that's straight past a million.
Next they'll be suing anyone selling games that have the word game anywhere in there name - gamestation jumps to mind, but they're woned by blockbuster now. I doubt Game Group would have the bottle to fight against another heavyweight...:)
It used to be a legit store (go to archive.org and see what it looked like up 'til a few weeks ago) but since the Nominet ruling he's closed the store. there was a message on the site explaining why he'd closed (pressure from Game retail group, IIRC) and since he's just been a elc & play.com affiliate.
It probably also proactively optimizes business flow to maximize your return on investment using the newest state-of-the-art XML over HTTP via TCP/IP technology.
How on earth will applying a sticker to the plastic battery packaging do anything to the properties of the cell's discharge, recharge, memory effect and emotional intelligence? (I *might* have made that last one up)
I reckon it uses that little known electrochemical property, the "placebo effect"
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So he's used a domain which he's owned for ages to sell games and make some money. Big deal. The logo's different and couldn't be confused in a hundred years. If Game Group wanted it so bad theyshould have offered him a reasonable amount, instead the offers seem pretty pathetic - less than a year of game.co.uk's profit!
TBH, the 1,000,000 figure suggested to Game group is probably a bit low, given 60,000 annual profit and taking into account how much further profit a big outfit like Game Group would make on the same unit sales with their massive margins. They'd be looking at well over 100 grand. If a company's values at 10x annual profit, that's straight past a million.
Next they'll be suing anyone selling games that have the word game anywhere in there name - gamestation jumps to mind, but they're woned by blockbuster now. I doubt Game Group would have the bottle to fight against another heavyweight...
you can't trademark a generic work, but you can trade mark the "mark" - the font, color, design, etc or the logo or brand.
It used to be a legit store (go to archive.org and see what it looked like up 'til a few weeks ago) but since the Nominet ruling he's closed the store. there was a message on the site explaining why he'd closed (pressure from Game retail group, IIRC) and since he's just been a elc & play.com affiliate.
It probably also proactively optimizes business flow to maximize your return on investment using the newest state-of-the-art XML over HTTP via TCP/IP technology.
XML? Ludites! XOP, surely
How on earth will applying a sticker to the plastic battery packaging do anything to the properties of the cell's discharge, recharge, memory effect and emotional intelligence? (I *might* have made that last one up)
I reckon it uses that little known electrochemical property, the "placebo effect"
Hockus-pockus, goggle-de-gook and mumbo-jumbo.
Apparently it'll do the dishes too!