VirtualDub Author Stymied by Trademark Troll 102
trifish writes "The author of VirtualDub wrote on his blog that 'someone has registered "VirtualDub" as a "word mark" in Germany as of June 6, 2006 and is now sending out notices to people in that country demanding money for so much as mentioning the program and linking to the SourceForge download from their website.' Well, I confess that only now I fully understand why Linux, Mozilla, TrueCrypt, and other open source projects register their names as trademarks."
mod him down! (Score:5, Funny)
Virtuadub (Score:3, Funny)
This is an easy one (Score:3, Funny)
Re:mod him down! (Score:5, Funny)
Offtopic -- Invention won't do what it claims
Flamebait -- Violates known laws of physics
Troll -- Attempt to steal another person's invention
Redundant -- Has been "invented" before. Multiple times.
Insightful -- What a cool invention! Also known as troll attractant.
Interesting -- Not sure what it's used for, but fun to watch
Informative -- Will be referred to in future inventions
Funny -- It blows up when someone uses it
Overrated -- Does something redundant, but with just one click!
Underrated -- No one knows what it does, but it will form a completely new industry
Does that mean ... (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm... kinda correct, if you think about it...
Re:Jawohl! (Score:5, Funny)
Be sure to use it as a verb, that really pisses off trademark holders.
IANAL, so how do I know? I googled it and sure enough, trademark owners hate that.
Google it yourself and see.
Google THIS (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm not one for vigilante justice (Score:4, Funny)
So this IS South Korea?
Re:mod him down! (Score:3, Funny)