For you lawyers and wannabe lawyers

[Joren]

On the topic at hand, I agree with DocMoriartty that the cost of litigating against Apple could be prohibitively expensive, even if the "Imag" party were correct. On the issue of whether the Imag trademark would infringe the iMac trademark, it depends on too many factors to be definitively stated.

My advice would be to talk with a good trademark lawyer before you start using your mark. It will be substantially less expensive to be proactive and take steps to ensure that your mark does not infringe, than it would be to just starting using that mark and then end up in a lawsuit. This is not to say that receiving advice in advance is guaranteed to avoid a lawsuit, but it will likely reduce the risk of a suit substantially.

My .02

 

[Joren]

Yes there are respectable lawyers in this world. Unfortunately the last one I read about was John Adams.

Hmm. I'd at least throw Abraham Lincoln into the mix. At least now we're in the 1860's.

they self perpetuate more and more laws

Lawyers don't make laws. Legislatures do. If you don't like the laws, vote for new legislators.

 

[jmucchiello]

Have you tried the www.uspto.gov to look up the trademark? This will tell you what fields iMac is registered in.

More importantly it will tell you that a multimedia "I MAG" trademark exists and thus you know they would go after you. It's much simpler to look for the name you want to use than to wonder if it is close to something else: http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75769165

Afterall, the status on iMac from Apple (and there are three other live iMac registrations for other companies)(http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75476800) indicates that it is only in the computer/computer hardware field.

Of course, IANAL and I may be interpreting these records incorrectly.

 

[Joren]

Take a nice small font say 6 and use both sides of a sheet of 8x11 paper. Do you have any idea how tall a stack of those sheets (using both sides) would be needed to record all the laws you excessive bastards have inflicted on us?

One option would be to get rid of the laws. Hmmm... or we could just move to Afghanistan. Pretty much the same effect, eh?

 

[JacktheRabbit]

Ill agree, Abe gets a nod as well.

How many legislatures are not former lawyers?

Hmm. I'd at least throw Abraham Lincoln into the mix. At least now we're in the 1860's.



Lawyers don't make laws. Legislatures do. If you don't like the laws, vote for new legislators.

 

[Doc Ezra]

All the ones that hold poli-sci degrees, instead?

 

[Sir Edgar]

Have you tried the www.uspto.gov to look up the trademark? This will tell you what fields iMac is registered in.

More importantly it will tell you that a multimedia "I MAG" trademark exists and thus you know they would go after you. It's much simpler to look for the name you want to use than to wonder if it is close to something else: http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75769165

Afterall, the status on iMac from Apple (and there are three other live iMac registrations for other companies)(http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75476800) indicates that it is only in the computer/computer hardware field.

Of course, IANAL and I may be interpreting these records incorrectly.

That's what I said!

Thanks for that link, jmucchiello. That is a very useful link!

 

[Shard O'Glase]

You're wasting your time trying to protect our noble profession, JPL. It's an image problem that goes back at least as far as the Romans. There are plenty of good people who are lawyers, but then again there is a reason I teach instead of practice.

BTW - I consider it extremely rude to pile insults onto lawyers on a post title that calls for lawyers to answer it. Start your own OT post "Why I hate lawyers" so I can avoid it at least.

How did you get into teaching. I'm trying to come p with something to do with my law degree other than practice.(and it has nothing to do with a lack of being a scum sucker)

 

[mkarol]

How did you get into teaching. I'm trying to come p with something to do with my law degree other than practice.

Me too! Me too! Actually... I want to teach

 

[jasper]

Oh course lawyer fees are too high some also do a lot cases for free.
Now actors and actress salaries. These friends work 5 days a week and have long vactions. Some like the cast of friends get 1 million dollars a show.
Firgure an 40 hour work week - 25,000 per hour
Firgure an 60 hour work week 16,666.66 per hour
Firgure an 80 hour work week 12,500 per hour
firgure an 100 hour work week 10,000 per hour
firgure an 120 hour work week 8,333.33 per hour
tHE 120 would be no sleep from Monday to Friday
Before the good doc jions and says not all actors and actress make that much.
Some lawyers also don't brink that much.
Plus like the rest of they have overhead, bar etc
Plus no one but the one who need them like them.
Every picks on them in general do the scum sucking individuals.
What next good doc?
picking on people who play d&d and are geeks.

SUDDENLY JASPER DISCOVERS HE DEFENDED LAWYERS AND TOSS HIMSELF OUT HIS OFFICE WINDOW.

You know can't hurt yourself much when you work on the ground floor