Recent content by ExiledinElysium

I'm just gonna concede this. I have no personal knowledge of whether it was a term used prior to Lone Wolf's product. I committed the deplorable fallacy of taking an assertion of several other people as fact. A few people on this thread have noted hearing the term as far back as the 80's. I...

JohnRTroy=win. Thank you for your earlier lengthy post, it was very nuanced. You clarified some things about trademark law I was curious about. Still, my gut reaction to this is that it's unjust. Lone Wolf seems to have gotten its legal high ground from a technicality. It would make sense...

I think it's enormously significant that you just referred to iBodger as an army builder app. Did you use that term intentionally tongue-in-cheek?

I think you misunderstand me. I'm saying it's their right to do exactly what Xerox tried to do and it's their right to enforce their mark. The way they've stated the situation, though, suggests that they don't have a choice in the matter, which isn't true. Refer to my responses to Tale and to...

Yes, you're completely right, but that is not the same thing as saying they're legally required to police their trademark. Holding a trademark confers rights, not duties, and this is an important distinction. Supposed infringements can indeed be defended as implied consent if not timely...

@deadsmurf - you bring up a good issue, but I want to clarify it a bit. You're right that a trademark owner can do diddly squat to prevent the genericization (that's a wonky word) of their name in casual verbal conversation, but that's not because they're not technically allowed to. I'm not...

So I'm a law student. I'm only in my second semester, and I haven't taken an Intellectual Property class yet, but from perusing what Lone Wolf has said about this situation, it doesn't seem to me that the person spearheading the effort has had any legal training. For example: "...we are...