http://blog.xcski.com/2006/08/23/whod-have-thunk-it Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blog.xcski.com/2006/08/23/whod-have-thunk-it#comment-10111 Rants and Revelations » Jeppesen Responds Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:43:42 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/08/23/whod-have-thunk-it#comment-10111 [...] After receiving the email I mentioned in Rants and Revelations » Who’d have thunk it?, I responded with I have renamed the part of the Wiki that uses the trademarked word “NavData” to “DAFIFReplacment”. However, I am going to continue to use the “/navdata/” part of the URL as that is a generic term and untrademarkable and changing would break people’s bookmarks. You can have a look at http://xcski.com/navdata/ if you wish. [...] [...] After receiving the email I mentioned in Rants and Revelations » Who’d have thunk it?, I responded with I have renamed the part of the Wiki that uses the trademarked word “NavData” to “DAFIFReplacment”. However, I am going to continue to use the “/navdata/” part of the URL as that is a generic term and untrademarkable and changing would break people’s bookmarks. You can have a look at http://xcski.com/navdata/ if you wish. [...]

]]> http://blog.xcski.com/2006/08/23/whod-have-thunk-it#comment-10109 Paul Tomblin Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:05:11 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/08/23/whod-have-thunk-it#comment-10109 www.navdata.net is in the hands of domain speculators. I think you'd have a hard time convincing a court that "domain speculation" was a legitimate business use of the word, so if the speculators decided to fight, they would have to fight on the generic-ness of the word. http://www.navdata.net is in the hands of domain speculators. I think you’d have a hard time convincing a court that “domain speculation” was a legitimate business use of the word, so if the speculators decided to fight, they would have to fight on the generic-ness of the word.

]]> http://blog.xcski.com/2006/08/23/whod-have-thunk-it#comment-10107 Gordon Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:58:45 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/08/23/whod-have-thunk-it#comment-10107 One wonders if they're going after the people who own www.navdata.net. One wonders if they’re going after the people who own http://www.navdata.net.

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