PowerDubs Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 https://www.law360.com/ttab_cases/66eab00a4c9c33039367acab Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPF997 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 1 minute ago, PowerDubs said: https://www.law360.com/ttab_cases/66eab00a4c9c33039367acab What am I looking at exactly? ( Also you still haven't answered my question regarding where is the best place to purchase Atari stock ). Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesEChuck Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I'm somewhat of a tech industry mastermind myself, so I'll explain this in simple terms to you laymen. Some guy called his company Asari to appear before Atari in the phonebook. Should be illegal, easy case. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPF997 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 (edited) 18 minutes ago, CharlesEChuck said: I'm somewhat of a tech industry mastermind myself, so I'll explain this in simple terms to you laymen. Some guy called his company Asari to appear before Atari in the phonebook. Should be illegal, easy case. Wait a minute people still care about the phonebook? I thought that hasn't been a relevant thing since Steve Jobs named his company Apple to appear in the phonebook before Atari ? Edited October 23 by JPF997 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesEChuck Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 (edited) 9 minutes ago, JPF997 said: Wait people still care about the phonebook? I thought that hasn't been a relevant thing since Steve Jobs named his company Apple to appear in the phonebook before Atari ? I did some deep research and found the smoking gun. Lead investor in Asari is former Executive Chairman of Alphabet and former BoD member of - you guessed it - Apple, two companies which have quite successfully applied this cheap trick before. (I don't want to be an ass and need to tell you I'm just clowning around. This is just Atari requesting some time to consult if they need to oppose to the Asari trademark filing, probably due to the similarity of the names. It's a nothing burger, or very standard business for a professional brand, not really worth a post) Edited October 23 by CharlesEChuck 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerDubs Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 Everything is worth a post... Similar name is pretty useless. You can have the exact same name if you are in a different industry. Examples- Apple (consumer electronics) Apple Records Delta (airline) Delta Faucet Delta Dental Domino Sugar Domino’s (pizza) Dove (beauty products) Dove Chocolate United (airline) United Van Lines So probably not just the names Asari / Atari. They probably could call their company Atari AI and still win a name case. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerDubs Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 Ahh... looking deeper into the filing- https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98305216&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch This is probably where they caused an issue- "For: Downloadable computer programs and downloadable computer software" It's one thing to have a backend software... but if they are selling it... 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPF997 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 (edited) 13 minutes ago, PowerDubs said: Everything is worth a post... Similar name is pretty useless. You can have the exact same name if you are in a different industry. Examples- Apple (consumer electronics) Apple Records Delta (airline) Delta Faucet Delta Dental Domino Sugar Domino’s (pizza) Dove (beauty products) Dove Chocolate United (airline) United Van Lines So probably not just the names Asari / Atari. They probably could call their company Atari AI and still win a name case. Ok that's good to know. Edited October 23 by JPF997 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 1 hour ago, PowerDubs said: Everything is worth a post... Similar name is pretty useless. You can have the exact same name if you are in a different industry. [...] They probably could call their company Atari AI and still win a name case. Umm...no There was a case of the World Wildlife Foundation vs. World Wrestling Federation over the usage of the letters WWF. World Wildlife Foundation was there first so they won and the wrestling company had to re-brand themselves as the WWE. Only way Asari can win is by proving it's a word that had a different meaning then Atari ("Check" in Go), so let's do a web search... Oh boy... 3 hours ago, CharlesEChuck said: I did some deep research and found the smoking gun. Lead investor in Asari is former Executive Chairman of Alphabet and former BoD member of - you guessed it - Apple, two companies which have quite successfully applied this cheap trick before. (I don't want to be an ass and need to tell you I'm just clowning around. This is just Atari requesting some time to consult if they need to oppose to the Asari trademark filing, probably due to the similarity of the names. It's a nothing burger, or very standard business for a professional brand, not really worth a post) Eric Schmitt, no surprise there. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 27 minutes ago, MrMaddog said: Only way Asari can win is by proving it's a word that had a different meaning then Atari ("Check" in Go), so let's do a web search... I just figured they were Canadian and misspelled "eh? Sorry" 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/374292-atari-interactive-inc-v-asari-ai-inc/#findComment-5553877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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