Date   : Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:26:59 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: A new Element 14

samwise wrote:

> http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/DRS/2006/3682.html

Had a brief look...

[snip]
     ?    It is registered at Companies House under the name "Acorn 
Computers Limited".

     ?    It holds the rights to the ACORN trade mark, number 2343001, 
registered since 17 July 2003.

[snip]

     ?    The ACORN trade mark has been registered since the 1980's and 
is a well known brand in computing.

[snip]

Is the new Acorn trying to pass itself off on the original? Sure, okay, 
there is a company called Acorn Computers - but being a shifter of PC 
based laptops by the initial look of things, it has about as much 
relevance to the original brand as the bloke's website that was 
'claimed'. Isn't something a little bit dodgy going on here?

For what it is worth - I love the bit "is a well known brand in 
computing", cheers! :-)


Best wishes,

Rick.




     ?    The Complainant has invested ?100,000 in marketing and is due 
to invest a further ?300,000 in the next 6 months.

     ?    The Domain Name was registered at a time when the ACORN trade 
mark was still in force.


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