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0 pointsmrpippy1y ago0 comments

I'm sure Intel's law firms are drafting a cease & desist as we speak. I'd bet $10 the name changes.

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apparent1y ago· 3 in thread

When you apply for a trademark you have to say what type of products/services it involves.

Intel did make a smartwatch for a while, but I don't think it had a Core Due chipset!

IshKebab1y ago

Yeah but I think that's only a factor in the consideration. I doubt it cancels out identical and very distinct names.

apparent1y ago

Perhaps a trademark lawyer can weigh in. My understanding is that a trademark is strictly limited to the areas (both in terms of geography and vertical) claimed in the application. This is why Apple didn't have to do battle with the Beatles until they got into the music business.

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vel0city1y ago

The main thing is if a consumer would be confused. I don't think consumers would be confused about an ancient Intel processor and a brand new smartwarch.

radlad1y ago· 3 in thread

Yeah, maybe... but what harm would it really do? The Core 2 line was killed off over 10 years ago in 2012.

throwaway484761y ago

The point of trademarks is to avoid ambiguity of origin. Pebble core 2 duo is definitely ambiguous.

radlad1y ago

Is it? I own a Fujifilm X-T5 camera and Cadillac makes a car called the XT5, but I don't see anyone getting confused.

hiatus1y ago

To the average consumer? I doubt it.

mattlondon1y ago· 1 in thread

No such thing as bad publicity as they say.

They'll be cheeky, the big dinosaur corporate will come out swinging and look bad like they always do, and they'll get a load of press in the tech websites which is their target market.

stephen_g1y ago

I don't think this one would necessarily work out like that - here they have (seemingly) intentionally named the watch identically to a product name that already exists, in a fairly closely related field, that they should know is most likely trademarked...

The bad press comes when it feels unfair for the big company to try and pursue action but in this case it would seem that Intel would be perfectly justified...

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