Judge Denies TigerDirect's Request for Injunction 378
wallykeyster writes "As predicted in previous discussions the judge has ruled against TigerDirect's request for injunction to prevent Apple from using 'Tiger' in their advertising." I heard that both people who still held respect for TigerDirect no longer do.
Does that mean... (Score:4, Funny)
So... (Score:4, Funny)
They still have a shot. (Score:5, Funny)
Watch Out... (Score:5, Funny)
Telling the difference between the two (Score:5, Funny)
Need proof? Look at the shiny polished Slashdot logo at the top. When was the last time you looked at that and thought "Oh, I'm in the TigerDirect section of Slashdot!"
Re:Watch Out... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Does that mean... (Score:5, Funny)
Only if you say it indirectly.
Nope, they are being sued themselves by T-Com ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Does that mean... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Does that mean... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unnecessary comments (Score:4, Funny)
TigerDirect ads (Score:2, Funny)
I'm sure there's some witty comment I could be making here, but I have no idea what it is.
Re:Does that mean... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is dumb. (Score:5, Funny)
The English language is evolving.com all the time, and new words are addendumated every year into the lexicolon.
Re:Does that mean... (Score:5, Funny)
My neighbor used to call me the same thing, until I stopped leaping out of the bushes in his front yard and scratching at his face.
Re:They still have a shot. (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:I have mod points (Score:5, Funny)
In your hosts file.
Something like this should suit you nicely
64.236.24.28 slashdot.org
Re:Pardon? What intellectual property? (Score:3, Funny)
Not that sort of tiger?
Re:I look forward to the day... (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah: imagine a dictionary full of (C)s and (R)s:
Tigers(C) (Panthera tigris(R)) are mammals of the Felidae(TM) family, one of four "big cats"(R)(C) that belong to the Panthera(R) genus. Tigers(R) are "predatory carnivores"(TM)
Re:I have mod points (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What the future holds (Score:1, Funny)
We're sorry but the term Fruit Loops is trademarked. Try one of the below suggestions:
1)Fruit_Loops_4623
2)Fruity_Hoops
4)Fruit_Loops_V2.0
Re:This is dumb. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is not personal. They have to protect it. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Watch Out... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Does that mean... (Score:3, Funny)
How old are you and what dimension are you from? As a child, this now 80 year old man lived next to you and that was in 1974?
Oh, wait. I parsed the sentence wrong, didn't I?
Re:This is dumb. (Score:3, Funny)
Wouldn't words come out of the lexicolon?
Re:This is dumb. (Score:4, Funny)
The English language is evolving.com all the time, and new words are addendumated every year into the lexicolon.
Usage (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Telling the difference between the two (Score:4, Funny)
Difficulty at the gas pump (Score:4, Funny)
I was at an Esso [adslogans.co.uk] gas station the other day and everyone was trying to force a copy of Apple's Tiger installer disk into their gas tanks.
Re:They still have a shot. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is dumb. (Score:5, Funny)
I know you were joking, but this is seriously the best word ever. We can use it for the entire vocabulary of horribly abused words on the Internet and cell phones.
Tiger,tiger burning bright (Score:5, Funny)
What immortal hand or eye
Protects thy brand integrity?
Under India's burning skies
IP issues do not rise
If you've passed on being shot
You still can't sue the goddam lot
Genus felis does not code
Nor shifts boxes by the load
Salesmen in expensive shirts
Don't care if your image hurts
Tiger,tiger burning bright
In the forests of the night
Though extinction faces you
It faces all those brand-names, too
With sincere apologies to William Blake.
Re:Wonder what would happen if I created AppleDire (Score:4, Funny)
Oh wait... Apple...
80 year old man ... used to call me "Tiger" (Score:3, Funny)
Chris: It's this girl. I can't talk to her. It's like girls are a different species or something.
Old Man: Who needs them? You like Popsicles?
Chris: Well, sure.
Old Man: Then you need to come on down to the cellar. I got a whole freezer full of Popsicles.
Chris: No, thanks. I gotta get going.
Old Man: Don't make me beg now.
Chris: You're funny. Bye.
Old Man: Get your fat ass back here.
Re:Does that mean... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:TigerDirect in the Wrong? (Score:1, Funny)
I just had an unusual thought on this... what if the judge himself is a mac user?
Then the lawyers will just have to speak slowly.
Re:This is not personal. They have to protect it. (Score:1, Funny)
Wait, this is Slashdot. You can't steal intellectual property, remember? What the US was doing in this case was freeing trapped "property" to be shared by the world!
Re:I look forward to the day... (Score:3, Funny)
You did not properly tag all of the existing trademarks you used. All of the following can be verified at the US Patent and Trademark website. [uspto.gov]
Panthera: serial number 78308042
Are: serial number 76529298
Mammal: serial number 75769435
Of: serial number 76165824
The: serial number 75726394
Family: serial number 78410485
One: serial number 78570482
Four: serial number 78450854
That: serial number 78270174
Be-long: serial number 78507203
To: serial number 76217768
Genus: serial number 78456711
What you should have written was:
Tigers(C) (Panthera(TM) tigris(R)) are(TM) mammal(TM)s of(TM) the(TM) Felidae(TM) family(TM), one(TM) of(TM) four(TM) "big cats"(R)(C) that(TM) belong(TM) to(TM) the(TM) Panthera(R) genus(TM). Tigers(R) are(TM) "predatory carnivores"(TM)
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