Josef Lowder wrote:
> .
> On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:34:04 -0700, Kevin Brown wrote
>> Actually they have to go after the infringement even if they lose 
>> to prove that they are working to protect the trademark.  Search 
>> Slashdot and you'll find a story where Intel lawyers went after 
>> someone for using the phrase Yoga Inside. 
>>  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/30/032251
> 
> Thanks for the link to this article, Kevin. 
> 
> I especially enjoyed these comments in the cited article: 
> "... In proceedings bordering on the line of frivolity ..."
> and "Look at the meaning of "Inside" that the YIF is 
> referring to, and the story gets even more absurd." 
> 
> The end of this silly game (in which ambulance chasing lawyers 
> are almost *always* the *only* winners) is that the Yoga Inside 
> Foundation simply changed their name to "Yoga on the Inside" with 
> about the tiniest point size possible for the words "on the" and 
> a giant capital "I" on "Inside." 
> 
> Notice that the provisions of the ludicrous "Federal Trademark 
> Dilution Act of 1995" (which is actually just another lawyer ploy 
> in which the end game is almost exclusively to fabricate more 
> revenue producing opportunities for lawyers) is the following: 
> "In most cases, the only remedy available under the Dilution Act 
> is an injunction against further dilution." 
> 
> So, in this current issue, the worst-case scenario would not 
> be a lawsuit anyway, but merely an annoyingly threatening letter 
> in which Intel's lawyers would use fancy language to demand 
> "cease and desist."  And then, based on the established precedent, 
> one could simply insert the words "on the" in microscopic type, 
> blank out the "R," and adjust the shape of the swoosh a little. 
> 
> Therefore, in conclusion, let us quote Shakespeare, twice: 
> 
> "Much ado about nothing .." 
> 
>  -and- 
> 
> "First thing let's do, let's kill all the lawyers." 
> 
> 
> Fortunately, free is still free in this great country, 
> including freedom of speech ... (especially for those of us 
> who have no significant amount of money for the lawyers to 
> waste their time going after). 
> 
> 
I think the "R" still needs to be blanked out, as it's not registered.

Here's what I'd like to see:
.) Ditch the column 2 logo. Possibly use PLUG logo instead.
.) On the cover logo, blank out (fill in) "R", and change lettering from
"Linux Inside" to "Come Outside". This suggests an action instead of a state
(and avoids this rather fruitless discussion).

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'
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