“Robert F. Young — a founder of Linux distributor Red Hat and now owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian football team, has offered Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs a quick way out of a lawsuit over the latest version of Tiger, Apple’s latest operating system,” Jack Kapica reports for The Globe and Mail Update. “The lawsuit, filed one day before Apple released Tiger, sought an injunction on behalf of TigerDirect.com, based in Miami, to stop Apple from using the word ‘tiger’ because it infringes on its trademarked name.”
“‘This lawsuit is a load of codswallop,’ said Mr. Young. ‘Nobody and no company should have the exclusive use of the word ‘tiger.” Mr. Young has offered to license the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ historical use of the word Tiger to Apple free of charge,” Kapica reports. “The Hamilton Tigers Football Club, established in 1869, continued to be known as the Tigers (with its colours of yellow and black) until 1950, when the Tigers merged with the Hamilton Wildcats to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. ‘136 years ago we were called The Tigers,’ Mr. Young said. ‘If anyone owns the exclusive rights to the word ‘tiger’ with that much history and tradition, it’s gotta be us.'”
Full article here.
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TigerDirect vs. Apple ‘Tiger’ trademark lawsuit documents posted online – April 29, 2005
Tiger Direct issues press release regarding lawsuit against Apple over ‘Tiger’ name – April 28, 2005
Apple sued over ‘Tiger’ trademark, injunction sought could prevent launch – April 28, 2005
sniff, sniff,
Another fellow Canuck acting so nicely.
As a former Hamiltonian, life long fan of the ‘Tiger-Cats’ and Mac dude, I am really glad to see Robert F. Young support Apple in this bullshit, media grab stunt by those Jokers from Miami.
This is rediculous … how many sporting teams in the world use the word “Tiger”? It is broader than just the US.
Here in Australia, for example, we have a team called the Richmond Tigers. A name than hs been around since the Australian Football League began.
Memo to all the companies that are complaining … get over it.
Hee hee hee! This is great!
“codswallop”? cool word! never heard that one before…
On one condition…
“Introducting Mac OS 10.6 Codswallop”
This name issue is almost as bad as patents.
America, pick your socks up – there are far more important things which should be concerning you all than frivilous lawsuits.
That is nice, but then it makes it seem like Apple has to ask permission to use the word ‘Tiger’, or any other cats they want for their coming releases. There is no need to validate their claims, even if this would get Apple off the hook.
I don’t suppose that the Longhorn Steakhouse restaurant chain is looking at Microsoft for a fight now are they?
Found with Sherlock:
codswallop
n : nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton Universi
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Applesauce?
“codswallop?”
Um, Tiger’s dictionary does’nt know that one.
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When you press command-control-d and hover over the word, Tiger does actually know the meaning of it. It’s a noun meaning nonsense. Clicking on “more” gives:
codswallop |ˈkädzˌwäləp| noun Brit., informal nonsense. ORIGIN 1960s: sometimes said to be named after Hiram Codd, who invented a bottle for carbonated beverages (1875); the derivation remains unconfirmed.
Maybe it was just added – does Tiger has an auto updating dictionary? Pretty cool….
applesauce
n : a sauce made of crushed and strained apples
source: grandma
applesauce |ˈapəlˌsôs|
noun
1 a purée of stewed apples, typically sweetened.
2 informal nonsense : Equal Opportunity for All—Elmer says that’s all applesauce.
If you guys like “codswallop,” you owe it to yourselves to should check out my new favorite web site: <http:www.english2american.com>. There’s a very funny British dictionary there.
This Red Hat news is HILARIOUS. I hope the Tiger Direct guys all cry themselves to sleep.
A dictionary that updates with Software Update? That’s brilliant!
Hey Steve! Are you getting this!?!?!?
That was really nice of him.
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Unfortuantely trademark law doesn’t work like this. Two entities can have trademarks on the same name as long as they use the mark in different market sectors, such as food, entertainment, software, automobiles, etc.
Having permission from the team is all well and good but it won’t help. It’s a great gesture nonetheless.
and in other news, a pride of lions in the Kruger national Park, contacted their Lawyer (what do you think? – a shark, of course) and asked him [the lawyer| to start an injunction against Apple to refrain from using the world “Lion” in their prospective upcoming OS Relaese.
The grey tinged lawyer said in a statement, that with the success of the Tiger, a Lion may become such a successful operating system that it might infringe on the hunting grounds throughout Africa, thus perhaps endangering the indegenous Lion.
Another aspect of this case is also that as more users dump their cattleware for the big cats, a natural source of sustenance will dry up, and the big cats might turn to monkeys (Ballmer) as a way to ensure their food chain.
Holy Macinaw…
Tiger, eat Longhorn raw!
What’s wrong with Tiger Direct doing the same thing that Apple does to others? This whole thing is a gas.
Gee, Jobs just tossed Wiley out of its stores for a biography which Apple had the opportunity to point out factual errors (and consequently made the publisher money and lots of free publicity for both sides).
Tiger Direct is just learning from the master.
You notice Carolina didn’t sue when they used Panther and Jacksonville did not sue when they used Jaguar.
BTW – Detroit is not suing either.
(for our international folks, those are all names of professional sports teams here in the US)
The lawsuit is frivolous. No one can claim rights to the word “Tiger”. In fact, I believe Tiger Direct has a trademark on the words “Tiger Direct” and not just solely on the the word “Tiger”. For example, some of you may be familiar with “Tiger Electronics”, the “Detroit Tigers”, “Tony the Tiger”. The work “Tiger” by itself is a generic word and is associated with an animal. Apple has made every effort to phrase their product as “Mac OS X Tiger”. Tiger being a codename for the version number.
Dateline: Friday, April 29, 2012.
Apple Computer released its latest operating system today, Mac OS XII (12.2), nicknamed “Capybara.” Apple CEO Steve Jobs commented that all the other cool animal names it considered, like “Piranha, Viper, or Falcon” were already trademarked by car manufacturers, electronic companies, shoe conglomerates, or the like.
The release beats the next Google-owned Microsoft OS release, nicknamed “Windoows Sloth” [sic] to the market, which isn’t expected out until late 2014…