On 18.01.12 16:39, Geoff wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:16:13 pm Chris Radek wrote: > > In the spring of 2011, the LinuxCNC Board of Directors was contacted > > by a law firm representing EMC Corporation (www.emc.com) about the use > > of "EMC" and "EMC2" to identify the software offered on linuxcnc.org. > > EMC Corporation has registered various trademarks relating to EMC and > > EMC^2 (EMC with superscripted numeral two). > > > > After a number of conversations with the representative of EMC > > Corporation, the final result is that, starting with the next major > > release of the software, linuxcnc.org will stop identifying the > > software using "emc" or "EMC", or those terms followed by digits. To > > the extent that the LinuxCNC Board of Directors controls the names > > used to identify the software offered on linuxcnc.org, the board has > > agreed to this. > > > > This could get interesting. I just did a company search for companies named > EMC here in Australia. There are 3 named EMC or a variation of that. There > are 108 entries containing the word EMC. I;'d love to see results from Europe > and Japan et al.
The claim seems spurious, even in USA. It would have no standing in Australia, despite the "Trade-Free Agreement", AIUI. It's not as if our name is "EMC". It is "Enhanced Machine Control". In a dispute, that is what would have to be objected to, and forbidding the English speaking world from using abbreviations seems ambitious. Enrico Caruso could not legitimately have complained that Erik Christiansen conflicts with his name, just because of the initials. The objection is so preposterously ludicrous that it seems offensive to logic to submit. However, it's not me who would have to endure all the lawyer's letters. What a pity that we aren't constituted in another country. Then the loony litigators could go hop. Erik -- Schwimmer gegen den Strom dürfen nicht erwarten, daß dieser seine Richtung ändert. - Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (eig. S. J. de Tusch-Letz) Swimmwers against the stream may not expect that it will change its direction. - My translation. (German version snaffled from a post by Christian Brabandt) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
