If you've been following the hyped release of Apple's new Mac OS X version, Tiger, then you know that the company TigerDirect is suing Apple for trademark infringment. However, there is some refreshing news on the matter: Robert F. Young, one of the founders of Red Hat, now owns a Canadian football team in Hamilton called the Tiger-Cats (named the Tigers from 1869 through 1950 - 81 years). He is offering the use of the football team's rights to the Tiger name to Apple
for free. From the
Globe and Mail article:
"This lawsuit is a load of codswallop," said Mr. Young. "Nobody and no company should have the exclusive use of the word 'tiger.'"
Yes, indeed, that is mighty refreshing. I wonder if something as funny as the
Carl Sagan saga will result:
(Reuter) - Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday [ November 15th, 1995] it settled a lawsuit brought by astronomer Carl Sagan, who had objected
to the company's use of his name.
Sagan's complaint stemmed from the use of his name at Apple as a code word for the development of its Power Macintosh 7100 computer, according to court documents.
After lawyers for Sagan complained, the company switched to a new name for the project. But that did not satisfy Sagan, who sued Apple after news reports said that product managers had relabeled the project BHA, which supposedly stood for "Butt-head Astronomer," the court documents stated.
An Apple spokeswoman declined to say what the initials stood for. "It was an internal thing as all our codes are and was never meant for external consumption," she said.
But she added: "Carl Sagan understood it to mean butt-head astronomer."
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