[extropy-chat] Extropic Freedom and the Fate of Dissidents

[David Lubkin]

Max wrote:

>How does that prove your claim? You think that because several 
>businesses have or are using "EXI' that we have no rights to ExI? 
>That's mistaken. No one else that I checked is using it in a context 
>that is likely to cause confusion with our organization.

You don't have a registered federal trademark for ExI, while in fact 
several other organizations do, including EXi Corp.

For that matter, I see no registered federal trademarks owned by 
either Extropy Institute or Max More.

(Although Extro is a registered trademark of Coca-Cola for carbonated 
fruit juice. Perhaps some could be obtained for the next conference.)

The extropy.org web site does not claim any trade or service marks.

>There are numerous companies called "Oracle", but you can bet that 
>Larry Ellison would sue and win if another database company -- even 
>another software company -- used that name.

They also have substantial documented usage and assertion of 
trademark, deep financial pockets, and an SOB CEO. None of which the 
Extropy Institute has.

The Oracle trademarks are worth billions, and they are in jeopardy if 
not actively protected. And yet there are 946 Yahoo groups devoted to 
Oracle, many using the word Oracle in their title, none authorized by 
Oracle Corporation.

I'm glad the matter was settled amicably. But had you been more 
antagonistic to Mike, he could easily have gotten his dander up and 
refused. In which case, I'd have put long odds against you prevailing.


-- David.