Tiger sues Apple

[Cameraguy23]

What a JOKE!!!!


According to Bloomberg (MacNN, Appleinsider), computer retailer Tiger Direct is filing suit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement for the use of 'Tiger' associated with Mac OS X 10.4. which is scheduled to be released tomorrow.

According to the report, a court injunction is being sought to prevent the official release of Mac OS X Tiger tomorrow.

[ronny1980]

I thought you were talking about Tiger Woods

[Ngo_35]

man apple will win the case hands down.

[CSR]

LOL Becuz the used the word TIger... that is so stupid.

[aevol]

link?

waste of money

[tlamm]

Lots of companies do the same thing. Monster Cables has sued every one on the planet who use the name "Monster"..

[StrayB]

link?

wasting of money

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1039

TD owns trademarks on the names Tiger, TigerDirect and TigerSoftware. The last two, sure, but "Tiger"? WTF?

[aquariaguy]

lol that's so stupid.

I hope tigerdirect loses business now for such a stupid lawsuit. Hopefully Apple counters them and owns them because of delaying the release.

[guest10586]

Such getto laws...trademark on a common animal name...

[Nhiem]

Apple will probably give them a few shipments of iPods to sell to even it out :).

[SLee]

There's precedent, given that Apple Computers has had to settled with Apple Records/Corp of Beatles fame several times for trademark violation.

[kornstar369]

What a JOKE!!!!


According to Bloomberg (MacNN, Appleinsider), computer retailer Tiger Direct is filing suit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement for the use of 'Tiger' associated with Mac OS X 10.4. which is scheduled to be released tomorrow.

According to the report, a court injunction is being sought to prevent the official release of Mac OS X Tiger tomorrow.
thats like asking if OJ simps is guilty...we know the answer...BUT GUESS WHOSE GONNA WIN!!!! unfortunately.

[coolpc]

no link so is this a joke???

[asim99]

http://alan.levien.com/tiger-apple.jpg
http://alan.levien.com/tiger-apple-momleg-2.jpg

[b0r3d]

this a joke? lol.. Tiger Tiger Tiger... Theres a store called Giant Tiger .. gunna sue them too?

[mlc2000]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/itsfatboy/thurlravenscroft2.jpg

[toalan]

The judge should make Apple payout money to tiger in the form of rebates from either BENQ or ONREBATE.

[CoinSaver]

The judge should make Apple payout money to tiger in the form of rebates from either BENQ or ONREBATE.
LOL... Now that's funny. :lol:

[MTL-TechY]

http://alan.levien.com/tiger-apple.jpg
http://alan.levien.com/tiger-apple-momleg-2.jpg

i didn't know we had to post pictures of what we look like in this thread :o
my bad :twisted:

[Canuck_2005]

Good for them, apple sues everyone for stupid things, some news paper spills the beans on when a new product is released, they sue the hell out of them, apple is too stupid to register ipod.com after they release the product, so someone registers it and they sue the hell out of them. Give apple a taste of their own medicine those bastards

[Jazzhound]

if anything, they'll get more...


If for nothing else, this will win over a few new fans (by way of new customers) on the PC side.

I'm glad Tiger Direct is suing Apple. Apple had the temerity of suing their loyal fans for showing new products a few days earlier than its release. If the did a better job of keeping it under wraps, then it wouldn't happen.

[UrbanPoet]

lolz.. That means that manufacturer of rice cookers can sue tigerdirect too....
http://www.timeshouseware.com/riceCookers/3cupTiger.jpg

[Montague]

About the only thing they both have in common is poor customer service. ;)

[WiZZLa]

Apple is litigation happy these days, so TigerDirect suing them is quite the funny. I guess iTiger won't be coming out anymore.

[Evil Techie]

tiger direct is getting desperate
i can smell bankruptcy soon or they will be closing down sometime soon

[kornstar369]

http://alan.levien.com/tiger-apple.jpg
http://alan.levien.com/tiger-apple-momleg-2.jpg
has anyone seen the foot in this picture...is that pinky toe off just a smudge? lol

[WiZZLa]

has anyone seen the foot in this picture...is that pinky toe off just a smudge? lol

Why are you looking so hard? Do you have a foot fetish?

[kornstar369]

Why are you looking so hard? Do you have a foot fetish?
i could ....lol...but the foot is in the picture, how can you not see it..... *the things you look at when you RFD at 6:30 in the morning
lol

[SAS-1]

Haha.. how can anyone trademark an animal? It's ridiculous... it's like trying to trademark a piece of fruit. ;)

[neilson]

http://www.dromar.com/lp/university/465.jpg
http://scotthollifield.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/taylorslam.jpg
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/03/93/87/image_1187933.jpg

[careener]

TD should pay Apple for the free publicity.

[sonick]

yeah, this is just a big publicity grab for TigerDirect

[@hmad]

Man I bought something from them once online, and I get at least 1 email a day from them on "Special Deals" and what not. I think they are getting pretty desperate with this lawsuit.

If only their items weren't so damn expensive and they had less weird brands in stock.

[Roninvancouver]

yeah, this is just a big publicity grab for TigerDirect

so TigerD is just behaving like Apple (except TD does not sue 19yr olds):

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/showthread.php?t=158230&page=3

[Cameraguy23]

Good for Apple, down goes TigerDirect.
www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1076