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Legal Tests

When Apple's Tiger OS was released, Tiger Direct a Grey box
manufacturer sued Apple for the use of "tiger". They were
laughed out of court.

At the same time, using the term "pod" in conjunction with
digital devices attempts to piggyback on Apple's success. It can
cause confusion as to whether this product originates from, or is
endorsed by Apple. Restitched underwear bought from ebay is
possibly something that Apple doesn't want to be associated
with, it's their obligation to defend their brand.

So some legal testing is done. Apple may be laughed out of
court, they may win. The test must go ahead regardless. Apple is
evil? The gonchpod is stupid? Both? Neither? Is stupid validated
by large investments? Wrong question I suppose, most of you
are still using Windows. For the career that is based on the
Windows ecosystem, it may come as a surprise, that Apple
doesn't, in fact, owe you a career. That goes for leotardpods as
well.

The story about Apples actions requires white hats and black
hats. The story also requires conflict and conflict resolution. The
attempt to act on behalf of consumers and play white knight is
the assumed role of the ZDNet contributor. In so doing, the
consumer is left waiting for the white knight to effect corporate
policy with a blog. Good luck with that. The consumer is left
without an advocate prepared to offer common sense and
compromise. Instead we are conditioned to wait for the heroic
gesture. All the internet recognition in the world won't win the
court case.

I think there may be a little too much facination with the echo
chamber. The proof is this self referential ditty. The sad part is
that, in the attempt to write a good screenplay, our authors
invariably miss the moral of the story. It's ironic in this case. The
moral is, we all have the right to defend ourselves. It's the right
our contributors would presume to take over.

Posted by: Harry Bardal   Posted on: 08/15/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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