nsomos
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Authored by nsomos on Jun 2, 2014 15:45:06 GMT
Just saw this in Wired ... This Guy Trademarked the Symbol for Pi and Took Away Our Geeky T-Shirts
Reminds me of when Zilog tried to corner the market on everything with a 'Z' in it. Had the people at the patent and trademark office, half a working brain, they would have refused to grant the trademark as it has been in continual prior use well before the *BIRTH* of this 'PI' guy. I realize the symbol the guy is trademarking is the PI symbol followed by a period. (Like that has never occurred before! ) Of course he is upset that all these other things (which use far predates his application) could possibly be confused with his shiny new trademark symbol. And just now whose fault would that be? If this possible confusion really bothers him, then perhaps he should not have chosen a trademark symbol that is so easily confused maybe!?!?!
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swmech
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Authored by swmech on Jun 2, 2014 20:28:13 GMT
Unbelievable. "Ridiculous asshattery" describes it perfectly.
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foulis
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Authored by foulis on Jun 3, 2014 0:03:20 GMT
According to the US State Dept, there are upwards of 3,000,000 Greeks in the US. This knucklehead is going to be busy.
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nsomos
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Authored by nsomos on Jun 14, 2014 5:07:51 GMT
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Cm
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Authored by Cm on Jun 14, 2014 8:09:48 GMT
.. I realize the symbol the guy is trademarking is the PI symbol followed by a period. (Like that has never occurred before! ) ... Just make sure you never end a sentence with π. If you do, you could be accused of patent infringement...
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