Is That Sound the Death Knell for Microsoft's Spreadsheet Monopoly?
SavvySoft, a New York City ISV, says Microsoft is threatening to charge it with trademark infringement for calling its software TurboExcel. SavvySoft CEO Rich Tanenbaum says he doesn't know why Microsoft has singled TurboExcel out...unless it's the fact that it can convert Excel models into C++ code that runs on Linux as well as Windows.
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Epsillon commented on 20 Nov 2004
The world has gone crazy over what bits of one's original right to speak or use any word now belongs to corporations. Soon, we'll have to invent a new language just to communicate without getting sued.
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UnknowingFool commented on 20 Nov 2004
MS does not have a trademark and "excel" is a common word. This is the same argument that the tried when they wanted to trademark "Windows". They were turned down because the term was generic in both the real world and the computing world. Thus the names Windows 95, Windows 98, were born. MS can fight it but after 19 years, the first question the judge might ask is why they waited so long.
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LawSton commented on 20 Nov 2004
You can have a perfectly valid trademark without ever registering it. It is sufficient to use the mark in your trade, and registering only helps in resolving disputes.
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