FYI.
And they waited until the day before Tiger's release, what a coincidence. The phrase "duty to mitigate" comes to mind.
Tiger Direct is a fine company. I hope they prevail. A good settlement is they sell some Apple products they get at a discounted wholesale price. That might even be why they are suing.
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of computer snobs. Apple has been suing the daylights out of everyone (EMachines was a classic), even trying to screw over some guy who DARED to write an unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs.
What goes around comes around and I'm rooting for Tiger Direct.
So will the University of Texas sue Microsoft for using the word "Longhorn" in their new OS?
I didn't know "Tiger" was a trademarked name now.
Either the article is fake or it's just a publicity stunt for either or both companies.
Hopefully a pride of African tigers will bring lawsuit against Tiger Direct Inc. for using their name. It infringes on the millions of books, movies, and especially the African nation. It also effect Google and the other search engine by eliminating them from the top spot.
Tiger is one of my favorite online companies. I've bought from them since the 80s. They practically invented the concept of barebones computers.
> No comment.
The here's one. I suspect TD is taking advantage of this
for reasons of self-promotion.
And anyone considering ordering from TD needs to do some
homework. Search the web on, for example:
"tiger direct" complaint OR fraud OR rebate
http://www.ftc.gov/os/1999/11/tigerdirectcmp.htm
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/tiger_rebates.html
In other news, Tiger Woods was surprised today to be named as co-respondent in a copyright infringement lawsuit by Exxon, which claims that Woods' nickname infringes on its slogan "Put a Tiger in Your Tank."
In a related story Tiger Woods and Tony the Tiger are attempting to form class action suits against both computer makers.
Who?
Actually, come to think of it, didn't something similar happen with Firefox? The Mozilla folks originally named it Firebird, if I recall. I think some of the default folders created when you install Firefox are still labeled with "Firebird."
Maybe they should change it to "striped cat"?
What silliness...
If you're considering buying from Tiger Direct and your purchase involves any sort of rebate, I'd suggest you Google "Tiger Direct rebate" before clicking on the 'Buy' button.
The current release of Java (1.5) was also codenamed Tiger. The upcoming Java release is codenamed Mustang, another trademark, if I'm not mistaken.
Microsoft's code name Longhorn, by the way, refers to the Longhorn Saloon & Grill, located at the Whistler Ski Resort in British Columbia.
This is another example of frivolous litigation by socially useless parasites called plantiff lawyers.
By the way, Princeton uses the tiger as its mascot. So does LA State, if I remember correctly. The tiger is the most popular animal mascot for colleges and high schools. Maybe those schools should sue TigerDirect. It is rather confusing, you know, to have a company out there selling stuff, which I might mistake for a high school. It causes me great distress. I smell a class-action suit here.
Apple has been using cat names for each successive version of OS X. Tiger will be a hard one to follow, but they still have left Lynx, Sabertooth, Bobcat, Civet, and Alley.
Windows is using Longhorn, for some reason. Maybe they intend to work their way through the barnyard, so that we can expect in the future to get Chicken, Pig, Gelding, and Sheep. They should have used Coyote, Wolf, Fox, etc,., in a series, because Windows is for the dogs. (We Mac users can't resist cheap shots like that. Sorry!)
What a bunch of crap! Tiger Direct is full of crap! There is no way I would ever associate their company with Apple's new OS.
What a waste of our court's time.
What is next, will Tiger Direct flex it's muscles and sue Tony the Tiger (Kellogg's) and then the Esso gasoline company? How about suing for the profits of the movie 'Born Free'?
Where will it all stop?
Wasn't there a trucking company named Tiger?
There is a mining and development company called Tiger International, are they going to sue also?
Lots of companies out there that have Tiger in their name, so are all of them going to sue also?
You can see how ridiculous this can get.