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.
Re:Even the judiciary loves Apple. (Score:2, Interesting)
When Apple deliberately prevent competing operating systems from working, I'll have my doubts. Microsoft, on the other hand, have been less than welcoming to competition in the past - remember the DR-DOS and Windows 3.1 incompatibility?
Apple make their own computers and are well within their rights to ship their own OS. Microsoft, on the other hand, forces OEMs to ship Windows, and uses decidedly underhand techniques to ensure their OS prevails.
Re:This is dumb. (Score:5, Interesting)
So TigerDirect revealed themselves as a bunch of jackasses, and the courts worked as they're supposed to. Yay!
they got two things out of this (Score:5, Interesting)
2) The precedent of defending their trademark. So if another catalog retailer ever comes along with a name that really does infringe, they can't say that TigerDirect failed to protect their TM.
Editorial (Score:2, Interesting)
That's right, CowboyNeal, say what everyone wants to hear. It'll drive up the ad revenue.
Re:Wonder what would happen if I created AppleDire (Score:2, Interesting)
What's wrong with TigerDirect? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Even the judiciary loves Apple. (Score:3, Interesting)
In effect, they forced Apple hardware users to use their OS, in a time period when a significant part of the 'leading' mindshare was defecting.
Re:Wonder what would happen if I created AppleDire (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:This is not personal. They have to protect it. (Score:5, Interesting)
Ironically enough, a percentage of German gold was actually stolen from displaced/killed Jews and other countries that Germany had conquered. Tons of that gold made it back to New York where it was re-pressed with the Federal Seal, thereby making it US money. Through following paper trails and lots of hunting, Jewish advocacy groups located much of their own gold and the US government was forced to pay them back, with interest. This all happened very recently (the payback itself).
Re:Bye Bye (Score:3, Interesting)
Bin Laden is even better known... but not good for his 'brand'.
I dunno, did you ever see the episode of TV Nation [imdb.com] with the segment called "Direct Mail"? Moore sent out two letter campaigns asking for money. One for "friends of Jeffery Dahmer" and one for an average young couple just trying to make ends meet. If you can't guess who got more money, you'll have to watch the show to find out.
Re:This is not personal. They have to protect it. (Score:5, Interesting)
All in all, it seems that the people who profited from the massive looting are not the looters themselves, at least as far as physical things are concerned. The intellectual property (what an ugly word) theft, however... Hmm, didn't Microsoft just start this contest where people make movies about "Thought Thieves"? This sounds like the perfect topic for an entry.
Re:Trademarks are not bogus. These trademarks are. (Score:2, Interesting)
Well, I do. Who gets the domain www.tiger.com?
For an interesting twist on this question, point your browser at www.nissan.com.
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Re:This is not personal. They have to protect it. (Score:2, Interesting)
I never said it was still acceptable. We're talking about a war that was fought 60 years ago, when ideals were different. It is folley to apply today's political correctness to yesterday's society.