Hasbro Sues Asus Over Tranformer Prime Tablet's Name

[inxane]

[citation][nom]moricon[/nom]ROBOTECH OH YEAH!!!!!!greatest show I watched growing up[/citation]

macross sir, macross.

 

[s997863]

[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]I'm sorry to Hasbro but I did not connect the Transformers series to the tablet name. Not at all.[/citation]

Sadly, I could never connect any of the recent "Transformers" movies or series with the Transformers I knew ...

Maybe Sunbow & Marvel should be the ones suing Hasbro / Michael Bay for blackening the belovedTransformers name on this CGI garbage of messed up models that would be more suited to the name Trashformers.

 

[livebriand]

How can you confuse the two that easily anyway? I didn't even know Hasbro had any products with that name in them!

 

[STravis]

Surprised it took this long - Asus is obviously infringing on Hasbro's copyrights.

 

[STravis]

[citation][nom]phasmantis[/nom]Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I thought there was no way ASUS would make such a bold move in its naming process and not clear it with Hasbro. I see where Hasbro is coming from with this, because I made the link the first time I heard of the Transformer Prime. Honestly, I think ASUS is going to lose this one, and this may be the first legit copyright infringement I've seen in a while.[/citation]

Some of the people here are obviously thiefs who have no respect for the copyright of others. This is why you are seeing so many comments attacking Hasbro on this forum.

 

[LORD_ORION]

Kids toys vs Tablet Computer.

There is no competition link between the two, so they are going to lose.

 

[Cash091]

I'm actually in the process right now of patenting the use of the word "the". I'M GOING TO SUE ALL OF YOU!!!

 

[Guest]

Kind of sad that the author of the article, nor the editor, knows the difference between trademarks and patents... especially for a tech blog

 

[beoza]

[citation][nom]Chippy57[/nom]Kind of sad that the author of the article, nor the editor, knows the difference between trademarks and patents... especially for a tech blog[/citation]

Hmm lets see the article actually mentions Trademark twice. It's really sad that you dont know the difference between the two. A Trademark uses that little R in the circle next to names like Sony, Microsoft, Apple, a Copyright uses a C in a circle, and a Patent just uses Pat or Patent in front of a bunch of numbers.

But here guys use these link to figure out the difference between a Copyright, Trademark/Servicemark, and Patent:
http://www.lawmart.com/forms/difference.htm
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-copyright-trademark-and-patent.htm
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/general_info_concerning_patents.jsp

Take your pick they all say pretty much the same thing with the last one using a bit more legal jargon.

 

[beoza]

DOH! it didnt add my links:
http://www.lawmart.com/forms/difference.htm
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-copyright-trademark-and-patent.htm
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/general_info_concerning_patents.jsp

 

[gaborbarla]

Got to buy one quick before they take them off the market.

 

[toorudez]

[citation][nom]tuch92[/nom]If the word transformer wasn't a made up word I'd get the lawsuit, but I'd say it's a stretch at best. [/citation]
How is the word "transformer" made up? Transformers have been around a lot longer than the "Transformers" have been. How do you think you think you get power to your house?