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Free Electrons becomes Bootlin

Free Electrons becomes Bootlin

Posted Feb 2, 2018 20:22 UTC (Fri) by opalmirror (subscriber, #23465)
Parent article: Free Electrons becomes Bootlin

Legal ownership of Free seems somehow both ludicrous and dismaying. Especially in this day of corporate sponsored stadiums and the like.


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Free Electrons becomes Bootlin

Posted Feb 5, 2018 4:41 UTC (Mon) by immibis (subscriber, #105511) [Link] (4 responses)

IANAL but I highly doubt FREE would win this case if it came before a court.

But regardless of what courts would think, they've already won, Free Electrons hasn't even bothered to defend themselves, they've just voluntarily given away their lunch money to the first person who asked.

Free Electrons becomes Bootlin

Posted Feb 9, 2018 16:30 UTC (Fri) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link] (3 responses)

Even if Free Electrons won, lunch money won't cover the cost of a lawsuit (both in money & time).

Free Electrons becomes Bootlin

Posted Feb 10, 2018 1:35 UTC (Sat) by immibis (subscriber, #105511) [Link] (2 responses)

If the system is that broken, why don't we see more BS lawsuits? Why didn't Microsoft sue Sun Microsystems for using "micro" and producing software?

Free Electrons becomes Bootlin

Posted Feb 10, 2018 8:34 UTC (Sat) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link] (1 responses)

Only works against someone who can't or doesn't want to spend all that money & time on lawsuits.

E.g. Microsoft sued (or threatened to sue) companies & projects for using the word "Windows" in their name:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwindows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WxWidgets

And of course they also did the same with MikeRoweSoft (which was actually owned by a Canadian high school student named Mike Rowe), etc.

Free Electrons becomes Bootlin

Posted Jun 17, 2019 20:35 UTC (Mon) by samiam95124 (guest, #120873) [Link]

And worth recalling, the suit by Microsoft was thrown out because "Window" is a common item in households. There is plenty of case law history against trademarking common words: SFE:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/02/can-you-trade...


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