iSight trademarked?

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  1. jeremy.king, Jul 1, 2003

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    So I am checking out the weather for Chicago as I wanted to attend the Taste of Chicago and I stumble across AccuWeather.

    The interesting thing here is they have this 360 degree camera system that they call iSight. Weird part is that they reference iSight with a Trademark (TM).

    See it at http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/travel_isight.asp

    Since I know nothing about Trademark law, how can apple use that term without AccuWeather making a big stink about it?

    Any thoughts?
     
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  2. pseudobrit, Jul 1, 2003

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    Maybe because they don't do the same thing. Maybe because Accuweather can't make any money with it.

    iSight is a free web service.

    iSight (Apple) is a $149 webcam.
     
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  3. Jerry Spoon, Jul 1, 2003

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    Can you just stick a TM on anything? How does that relate to a copyright?
     
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  4. pseudobrit, Jul 1, 2003

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    Copyright is intellectual media property.

    Patents are technological property.

    Trademark is a brand name only. If you have a computer company working under "Nabisco Computers," it's okay as long as they're not selling their own cookies too. I know of a Warner Bros. Garage locally, started by the brothers Warner.
     
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  5. bbarnhart, Jul 1, 2003

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    Or if you're a computer company and you call the company "Apple Computers" you should be fine with "Apple Records" ... unless you start dealing with music ... and, ah .... well ...
     
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  6. jeremy.king, Jul 1, 2003

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  7. tazo, Jul 1, 2003

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    lol.

    I attempted to get a trademark on the name of my website, but that failed when I found out the previosu owner of the domain had it on. he still let me use the name, but I couildn't like sue anyone over its usage :(
     
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  8. benixau, Jul 1, 2003

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    apple computers vs apple records

    AR - its ok as long as it has no sound at all or the capability for sound.

    AC - SJ says fine.

    few years later apple releases its first sound: "sosumi" or said slowly sounds like - "so sue me".

    that is SJs humor for you.
     
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