The other day I was stading in front of the mirror flexing my muscles. Adobe sent me a cease and desist notice. Apparently I can no longer "flex" my muscles since Flex is trademarked. I'm only allowed to "tighten" my muscles now.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Justin Scott <jscott-li...@gravityfree.com>wrote: > > > WTF is wrong with Adobe these days, some of their actions > > anymore are complete bullshit including this one. > > Trademarks have to be actively protected or they risk losing them and > having > the term become "generic". Unfortunately, this means shutting down the > ones > that benefit you as well as those that bring harm. Sure, Adobe could > license the term to the site, but then they risk appearing to endorse the > site and its actions which can bring negative attention to the brand if the > site does something foolish. Unfortunate, yes. Necessary from a legal > standpoint, sure. Customer-friendly, perhaps not. I've found that many > (but certainly not all) "WTF" moves by companies have some sort of > reasonable explanation if you look for it. > > > -Justin > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305951 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
