Sparc Sends SparkFun Electronics C&D Letter 219
moogied writes "SparkFun.com, a electronics component provider, has been sent a cease and desist letter by Sparc in response to the lengthy trademark process that SparkFun is participating in. The letter states 'Because the dominant portion of the SparkFun mark, namely, SPARK, is phonetically identical and nearly visually identical to SI's SPARC mark, and because it is used in connection with identical goods, we believe confusion is likely to occur among the relevant purchasing group.' SparkFun.com has provided the entire contents of the letter, with a breakdown of points it feels are most relevant."
well now (Score:3, Funny)
guess who won't be buying any more sparc servers?
Re:well now (Score:5, Funny)
guess who won't be buying any more sparc servers?
Unless you mean on eBay, I'd say: "Everyone".
And to add to the misery... (Score:5, Funny)
...slashdot readers are bringing SparkFun.com to it's knees as we speak.
Stand back, SPARC, we'll take care of this!
I think it just highlights (Score:5, Funny)
FARC (Score:4, Funny)
So when is the FARC [wikipedia.org] going to send Fark.com [fark.com] a C&D?
Re:Sun should lose (Score:3, Funny)
I swear that typoo was unintentional...
Oh, great... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:well now (Score:3, Funny)
You're asking people with accounts on Slashdot to never reproduce.
I thought it was a given.
Wait... what? (Score:2, Funny)
So SPARC now lays claim to http://www.*sparc*.* as well as http://www.*spark*.*
Does this mean I can't register www.sparccankissmyass.com without getting a C&D letter?
Other sites with better summaries (Score:3, Funny)
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I don't want all of my hacker/maker sites slashdotted at once!
Re:so let me get this straight (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Next thing you know (Score:3, Funny)
God help the auto industry.... (Score:4, Funny)
...what are they going to call sparkplugs now?
Re:well now (Score:5, Funny)
Re:well now (Score:4, Funny)
In other news, a number of large companies have suffered downtime recently from switching from data center servers to Arduinos for their mission critical applications.
But the lawsuit said they were practically the same!