SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19 | Ridiculous
Colors that are in general use are not trademarkable. Somebody better wake up the T Mobile's legal dpt. |
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texans20
Weapons of Masturbation
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Texas!
clubs: | Hmm
This explains why I couldn't open a cellphone account at this blog site, duh! |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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| Uh oh!!!
»images.google.com/images?hl=en&q···es&gbv=2
DAMN! mega-suit ahead! 
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majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | lol engadget
engadget reply is even better. for today they made their background magenta lol. |
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Karl Bode
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Re: Ridiculous
I think they are trademark-able (at least in Germany, where they accomplished this), but I believe it only applies as brand infringement when we're talking about a competing provider:
»www.techdirt.com/articles/200803···06.shtml |
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Nightshade
sic semper tyrannis
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join:2002-05-26
Salem, OR
| John Deere Green...
...Meet T-Mobile Magenta!
But seriously is this for real? Isn't T-Mobile aware that magenta is also used as one of the colors in almost every bubble jet and color laser printer I can think of. What they are going to do next? Go after every single bubble jet and color laser printer manufacture for using magenta toners and inks.
Legal letters are not meant to open a dialog. It is meant to communicate legal matters. It is obvious T-Mobile doesn't respect the intelligence of their customers and the public in general.
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crazy77777777
@pacbell.net | April 1 folks. April 1.
Remember the day. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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| Do the Time Warp Again
Who else thought that Engadget would be held hostage by these guys? |
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ninjatutle
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join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
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| Dibs on Cyan
yippie |
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EchoD
Moon Dust High
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Jamestown, NY | I've got Yellow... |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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Avalon, NJ
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Re: Uh oh!!!
I like this web page making fun of t-mobile:
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sitrix
join:2002-04-15
Tacoma, WA | reply to ninjatutle
Re: Dibs on Cyan
Alright, guess I'll have to settle for black. Now all text will have to be in white or blue, well... at least till somebody gets them too.  |
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anonnotreally
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Re: Ridiculous
can they counter sue for "stupidty"? |
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bhayman
join:2002-01-24
Greenville, PA | I'm waiting for someone to yell
APRIL FOOL  |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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I wonder if Orange would have gone after them if that spelled Mobile in Orange colored letters. This is getting pretty stupid. As long as they do not mimic the registered graphic "T" they should be able to use magenta to their hearts content.
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bugganon
@comcast.net | Hands OFF!
Stay away from Magenta you thieving thieves! |
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firewire9999
join:2004-07-11
Livonia, MI | reply to SilverSurfer
Re: Ridiculous
Well it making some see RED. |
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Killa200
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join:2005-12-02
Spring City, TN | reply to ninjatutle
Re: Dibs on Cyan
i suppose i'll claim key then, yay key! |
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chlen
Ethically Challenged
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2 edits | reply to SilverSurfer
Re: Ridiculous
said by SilverSurfer  :Colors that are in general use are not trademarkable. Somebody better wake up the T Mobile's legal dpt. Colors are, in fact even insulation cannot be shades of pink and blue unless it is made by Dow chemical.
Coke owns the Red shade on the bottle.
Colors are trade-marketable and carry the market area and 3 year active use policy as do all trade marks.
BTW this is part of my master's thesis.
»building.dow.com/styrofoam/what.htm
here is an example of Dow's blue trade mark.
®™* Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") or an affiliated company of Dow
**The color Blue is a Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company
Don't speak if you don't know.
edit - mistype
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cableties
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