Re: [Emc-users] Reply to thread 'Survey about EMC 2 ( Aimed at non users)'

[Jim C. <dru...@gm...>]

so i guess hurco should go around sueing all the high schools that have
classes called "conversational spanish" ?

If I was the king of the world, people would be jailed for trying to sue
over ridiculous things such as that.  then the number of lawsuits would
surely drop.

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Emory Smith <str...@gm...> wrote:

> Well, the lawyers oughtta like that.
>
> Please don't use the word <http://microsoft.com> "Word<http://microsoft.com>".
> It's trademarked by Microsoft <http://microsoft.com>.
> Now, I'll <no...@no...> probably be sued by MS<http://microsoft.com>,
> whoever owns "Conversational <http://www.hurco.com>" _and_
> whoever owns "Happy Birthday <http://www.wmg.com>" since I left them in
> this email <http://mail.google.com>.
> Going for my 15 minutes <http://www.warhol.org>... (or was that 15
> seconds? ;^) of fame.
>
> In future, the Internet <http://www.linux.com/> will break down not from
> Youtube <http://youtube.com> and other video/high
> bandwidth consumers <http://consumers.com> but from the gigabyte<http://www.gigabyte.com/>s
> of required citation <http://www.citation.net/>s, disclaimers
> and copyright <http://www.copyright.gov> notices for each and every word<http://microsoft.com>used in
> email <http://mail.google.com>. I have several
> friends who work in law offices and often their corporate sigs are much
> longer
> than the message.
>
> Sorry, this is no place for ranting and I won't do it again ;^)
> Emory <no...@no...>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Kirk Wallace <
> kwa...@wa...> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry about that, I guess it's coming to the point where each person on
> > the planet will need a personal lawyer to get through the day. I saw on
> > TV recently that "Happy Birthday" is copy righted.
> >
> > On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 00:39 -0400, CNCzone.com-The Ultimate Machinist
> > Community wrote:
> > > Dear kirk_wallace,
> > >
> > > skullworks has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to
> > > entitled - Survey about EMC 2 ( Aimed at non users) - in the EMC/Linux
> > > (Enhanced Machine Control) forum of CNCzone.com-The Ultimate Machinist
> > > Community.
> > >
> > > This thread is located at:
> > > http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59635&goto=newpost
> > >
> > > Here is the message that has just been posted:
> > > ***************
> > > Please don't use the Word "Conversational".
> > >
> > > It is Trade marked and Copywrited and integrated into serveral
> > > patents. And the holder of which has made more profit from suing
> > > people who use that term than from the sale of the machine tool
> > > software which IS "Conversational".
> > >
> > > Fanuc was bleeding green when the term was used in a translation - and
> > > the translated terms were used in an a sales add. Cost them several
> > > million or so I heard.
> > >
> > > Perhaps "Fully Interactive" ( IIRC someone else holds claim to
> > > "Interact" )
> > > ***************
> >
> >
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