Case Name: Intel Corporation v. Americas News Intel Publishing LLC
Document Name: Americas News Intel Publishing, LLC’S Motion to Dismiss Intel Corporation's Complaint for Trademark Infringement, etc.
Post Date: 12/31/2009 Filing Date: 12/31/2009
Document Summary: TechDirt.com:"Chip giant Intel has a bit of a reputation for being a trademark bully at times, threatening or suing many companies just for having 'intel' in their name somewhere -- including a travel agency and a jeans company.... Intel's lawyers seem to go out of their way to find potential infringement where there obviously is none at all. "Paul Alan Levy alerts us to the latest such case, where Intel has sued the operators of the Mexico Watch newsletter, because its domain is LatinIntel.com. Of course, the reason for that is that it is using the commonly accepted abbreviation of "intel" as short for "intelligence." It's common shorthand, especially within government circles, to refer to gathered intelligence as simply "intel." The owners of the site explained this to Intel, and in return were given a boilerplate explanation about trademark law, insisting that since Intel's trademark is so valuable, it still has to stop others from using it -- even if they're in a totally different business, which is an interesting interpretation of trademark law, and one not supported by the courts in most cases. "More importantly, no one is going to look at LatinIntel.com and confuse it for the world's largest computer chip maker. No one is going to look at that site and wonder how come they can't order a Centrino processor. There's simply no confusion at all... [A]fter more than two years of this back and forth, Intel sued Mexico Watch, even though it's not even close to competitive and any "moron in a hurry" (as the popular trademark test notes) would clearly know the difference between a site about Mexican politics and a company selling microprocessors."www.techdirt.com/articles/20091117/1151596970.shtmlThis is the motion to dismiss that lawsuit.
Contributor: Ronald Coleman [Full Profile | Docs Posted]
Wie ich ja schon bereits angekündigt habe, war und ist der Kollege Papadhimas mit seiner Videocrew in Las Vegas auf der CES 2010 unterwegs, um unter anderem wichtige Menschen aus dem Intel-Umfeld und andere vor das Mikro zu holen. Tja, und heute ist es soweit und ich kann die ersten Ergebnisse seiner Arbeit präsentieren. Das wird ein schöner CES2010-Intel-Videomehrteiler.
Als erstes kommt Christos Georgiopoulos von Intel zu Wort, der beim Chiphersteller General Manager ist und einige interessante Einblicke in Sachen Intel AppUp Center und die neue Atom-Prozessorplattform “Pine Trail” gewährt. So verrät er unter anderem, warum ein App Store besser ist als der profane Software-Download via Internet. Sehr interessant ist auch sein Statement, dass das Intel AppUp Center zwar erst mal für Netbooks konzipiert ist, aber noch in diesem Jahr Apps für Smartphones und ähnliche Dinge bereit halten wird (Stichwort: Moorestown!). Und die Frage, warum ausgerechnet Intel einen App Store ins Leben ruft, findet er ziemlich gut und beantwortet sie auch entsprechend ausführlich.
Aber auch für Software-Entwickler sind interessante Einblicke dabei. So bekommen sie nicht nur 70 Prozent von den App-Einnahmen, sondern können auch ganz individuell mit Hardware-Partnern oder Service Providern spezielle Deals abschließen. Was man mithilfe des Videos sonst noch lernen kann? Nun, es befinden sich derzeit neun Software-Kategorien im Intel AppUp Center, geplant sind zwischen 20 oder 25. Und am Ende spricht Christos noch über die neue Intel Atom Prozessor-Generation “Pine Trail”. Aber das kennt ihr ja schon.
So, jetzt habe ich aber genug geschwafelt! Holt das Popcorn raus und freut euch auf fast sieben Minuten Intel-Infos aus erster Hand!
SANTA CLARA, CA—MARCH 16, 2005—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors, today announced that Drew Henry, general manager of MCP business at NVIDIA, will deliver a keynote address at this year’s Intel Solutions Summit in Las Vegas, which takes place March 16-19.
Here’s a nice distraction from Intel’s mounting legal woes: A video of five helmeted Intel (INTC) engineers in Finland being shot from a cannon Gonzo-the-great style at an arrangement of massive tubular bells in a bid to bodily recreate the “Intel Inside” chimes.
Crazy Finns… UPDATE: According to the disappearing disclaimer secreted away at the bottom of this page, the video’s not only fake (and, in retrospect I suppose that is obvious), but part of an Intel® Sponsors of Tomorrow campaign.
Yes, I am ashamed.
“All copy and videos are part of a marketing campaign for Intel® Sponsors of Tomorrow™. No Intel employees were harmed in the making of this film. All characters featured in the videos were played by actors specially trained in silly costumes and Finnish accents. Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to fire anyone out of a cannon.”