Simple answer, they didn't react before because they didn't know before. It is not the job of the trademark registry to contact all possible people being infringed upon. It is the job of the registrant to make sure, and it is the job of proper parties involved to make sure they protect their trademarks. In this case AT is primarily snapping up trademarks of companies products who are based overseas.Originally Posted by scamps
I know these screens. But why didnīt any of the companies react at all before? Bitspower, DangerDen, Koolance .... All not interested in their trademarking? Canīt believe in so much amateurishly acting. Give me a link to an official statement of one of them and there will be no doubt.
There are dozens of employees and CEOs of these companies active in different fora - and all of them do the same: remain silent. Why? Fear of Aquatuning???
Have you registered your companies trademarks in China, Japan, Korea, Australia, United States, Russia, Germany, France, England, etc.... ?
I know that at least most of the companies in question have their trademarks registered in their home countries.
It costs a lot of money, and isn't necessarily worth it. If you would have read the thread you would have seen that we have all come to the conclusion that LEGALLY there might not technically be anything wrong with what AT is doing. However, there is a 6 month dispute period where the companies effected can dispute the trademark registration.
Irregardless of the legality of the matter, the morals and ethics are simply despicable. That is primarily what most of us are objecting to. The general behavior at play here. It's like those seedy personal injury lawyers who chase ambulances around town. Nobody really likes their behavior even though it is within the law.
How do you think people would react if I trademarked AquaComputer in the United States (open trademark btw) and then started demanding royalty fees for every aquatube, aquaero or AC product sold in the United States. Legally I could do that, but it doesn't mean that people have to like it or approve of it.
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