Re: Anti-SPAM company shut down by Creative Labs

Don Foret ( dforet@ClearnetResources.com )
Mon, 22 Dec 1997 07:47:07 -0500

Put out of business is probably a bit harsh. I would think a simple software
product name change would fix the problem.

Chilton wrote:

> I'm not going to voice my opinion on this or any other recent trade-mark
> bitching, so I'll be brief. But I thought a few of you would be
> interested in this.
>
> In short, Creative Labs, the company that makes Sound Blaster cards among
> other things, has forced Goo Software, a startup anti-spam software
> company, out of business, because they believed that "SPAM-Blaster" (the
> name of the software) was infringing on their trademark sound card names.
>
> <http://www.macintouch.com/blaster.html>
>
> -Chilton
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