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Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:39 am

WTF?

Sounds like a joke, but it looks like they're serious...

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:42 am

What a bunch of douche bags. It's ONLY about money. BTW they really do make very nice cables.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:01 am

I thought if the word wasnt used in the same business then it was ok?

that is.. a company named synapse that made toilet seats couldnt sue a company named synapse that made medical equipment on the grounds that their name was the same.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:10 am

in any event.. WHO in their right mind thinks of monster cable when they see a clothing shop called Monster Vintage? or vice versa?

its STUPID. How can anyone with an IQ above 10 really and truely deepdown think otherwise?

I think if anyone should be sued.. it should be Monster Cable for harrassing all of these people

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:25 am

Reminds me of when Madonna was doing that kind of crap..

Goldbricking motherfuckers, ain't they?

Bassballjg · Post by **Bassballjg** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:51 am

Absolutely shocking and disgusting. It looks like they are on the one hand trawling for settlement cash and on the other trying to set a tone of intimidation within which to extort said cash.

If one were Attila, even if people surrendered in the face of overwhelming odds, you'd still need to do a massacre every once and a while to protect your "brand identity". Sic semper tyrannus.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:57 am

Last time I ever buy from those c***s.

snooty30 · Post by **snooty30** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:11 am

If I remember right Trademark law in the UK says you can have the same business name as somebody else in the same area as long as you aren't trading in the same product. I'm not sure about the rest of the world or how it applies to global sales though. So by their reckoning no other company in the world can trade with the word Monster!? Hmmm...

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:12 am

http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qt=a ... =&cop=&cn=

take a look at that.. 10 pages of lawsuits dating from 1983.. although they dont start picking up until around 1998..

everything from 2000 to now are 9 of those pages

I wonder how many other companies are pulling crap like this?

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:16 am

they even sued a local memphis party band (DOCTOR ZARR'S AMAZING FUNK MONSTER) in 2002

and the build a bear workshop company (place where kids can go in and make their own teddybear)

this is poo.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:23 am

I don't see how they could hope to ever win a suit. I imagine they just launch these suits because the other companies know it's cheaper just to sign some sort of agreement than go to court.

"Monster" is in the dictionary as an adjective; hence, although I'm not a legal expert, I believe it cannot be a trademarked name.

That would be like Red Lobster suing The Red Ribbon (made up name) over their use of "Red", which is clearly just a common adjective describing colour.

"Monster" is just another way of saying "Freakin' big!"

Stupid....

Greg

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:34 am

yeah you're probably right on that, lunch money, hehe.. but it just seems like legal form of extortion to me..

just a quick way to make a buck off of someone else.. theivery.. bleh.

I wonder who over at monster cable got this bright idea and sold the company on using it?

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:48 am

I agree that it's just extortion. What a bunch of fucknuts. One of their family must be a lawyer who said, "You know... most cases get settled out of court because people couldn't be arsed...."

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:01 am

Lunch Money wrote:
That would be like Red Lobster suing The Red Ribbon (made up name) over their use of "Red",

Hey, don't give them any ideas!

My personal favorite that Monster Cable has sued:
BOUDREAUX'S CAJUN KITCHEN, INC. - HOME OF THE MONSTER SHRIMP!
Yeah, people are really going to get those two confused.

"What? You mean to tell me that this delicious spicy fried shrimp I've been eating wasn't made by the same people that make my audio cables? f**k! I feel so cheated!"

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:05 am

Yeah, that one got me, too.

I bet all the restaurants who market a "monster-sized breakfast" are getting worried. Or do they only have to worry if they call it a "Monster Breakfast"?

Monster Cable lawsuits...