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1 days and 3 hours ago
Late last year we noticed that Apple seemed to be getting needlessly (and at times ridiculously)
aggressive over its trademarks in Australia. There was the software developer who had a product
named iPodRip, which had been around for years, which Steve Jobs suddenly decided needed to change its name. When
the developer pleaded directly to Jobs, Jobs replied "Change your apps name. Not that big of a
deal," which is amusing since the Beatles once tried to force Jobs to change the name of Apple --
and to him it was a big deal. Then there's the lawsuit against Macpro, a company
that's been in business for 26 years -- since before Apple even had Macintosh as a product. And,
finally, there's Apple's decision to fight Woolworth's in Australia (and New Zealand) because its
logo looks sorta like an
apple, though absolutely nothing like Apple's apple logo.
While some of those disputes are ongoing, Apple has now lost a different trademark claim, while also being smacked down for thinking
that just because a product has the letter "i" it means it violates an Apple trademark. In this
case, it wasn't even the first letter of the product -- which was DOPi. Admittedly, this is iPod
backwards, but no moron in a hurry -- which, I should note, was the legal standard that Apple's
own lawyers brought back
into vogue a few years ago -- is going to look at a product called DOPi and confuse it with an
official Apple product.
And it wasn't like the folks on the tribunal just don't like Apple. The head guy is apparently a
fan, but finds it ridiculous that Apple seems to think anything with an "i" is infringing: In
the tribunal hearing, IP Australia, the government body that oversees trademark applications, said
Apple overlooked the fact that there were already a large number of products that have the "i"
prefix, for example iSkin and iSoft to name just two, all of which are operating in the same class
of electronic goods as Apple.
The registrar overseeing the case Michael Kirov, who confessed to being a tech head and a fan of
Apple's products, judged that Apple failed to demonstrate that a "person of ordinary intelligence
and memory" would automatically assume that just because a product carries the letter "i" it is an
Apple product. Chalk one up for iCommon sense.
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Releaselog | RLSLOG.net -
1 days and 9 hours ago
This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our
site for full content.
 FRAY bring us the new album from New Zealand band Evermore who
are now based in Melbourne, Australia. Some of you may recognize one of their more popular songs
“Light Surrounding You” as it was the theme song on original promo trailer for the TV
show Jericho (Well atleast it was in Australia). This album looks like its mostly a compilation
of their biggest hits judging from the tracklist but there are 2-3 new songs there too that
havent been on previous albums.
Evermore is self-titled international debut album by New Zealand rock band Evermore, which will
also be released in Australia and NZ on 12 March 2010. The album is a collection of songs from
the band’s entire history, as well as three new songs including the single
“Underground”. The first single “Underground” was released to radio in
late January 2010 and later as a digital download on 19 February 2010. The Australian and New
Zealand release of the album will come packaged with a limited edition DVD, featuring a live
performance from the band filmed at the O2 Arena in London. The DVD also includes documentary
footage of the band travelling around Europe with American pop singer P!nk. The Irish and United
Kingdom release of the album contains 3 remixes as bonus tracks which are available from the
Irish and UK iTunes store.
Tracklist:
1. Â Â Underground
2. Â Â Hey Boys And Girls
3. Â Â Running
4. Â Â For One Day
5. Â Â This Is Love
6. Â Â Light Surrounding You
7. Â Â Between The Lines
8. Â Â It’s Too Late (Ride On)
9. Â Â Never Let You Go
10. Everybody’s Doing It
11. Throwitaway
12. Can You Hear Me?
13. Unbreakable
14. Front Page Story / Diamonds In The River
15. Dreams Call Out To Me
ARTiST: Evermore
TiTLE: Evermore
GENRE: Alternative
SiZE: 107 MB
QUALITY: 224 kbps avg
RELEASE DATE: 2010-03-12
Release name: Evermore-Evermore-(LIMITED_EDITION)-2010-FRAY
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IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com -
1 days and 14 hours ago
Kim Kardashian is on the cover of next month's Australian FHM, and as far as I know, Aborigines
don't subscribe to many magazines, so it's unclear if Kim Kardashian knew about this beforehand.
They... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com for full links, other
content, and more! ]]
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iTWire - Latest Headlines -
1 days and 17 hours ago
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has warned Sydney viewers that they may need to
do a rescan of their digital TVs or other receivers to pick up TVS on channel 44.
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MeetYourMakers Scene News -
1 days and 18 hours ago
The upcoming showdown between European Giants, MeetYourMakers vs the Australian Devils, MCiTY
scheduled to commence at 15:00 CET today is guaranteed t
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NewTeeVee -
1 days and 23 hours ago
 Good news for online Australian sci-fi fans: The upcoming fifth season of
British Doctor Who, which will premiere Sunday, April 18 on ABC1, will actually make its
first Down Under appearance two days earlier on iView (LINK?), the Australian Broadcasting
Company’s iPlayer equivalent.
The one-day head start that online Aussie fans are getting probably won’t do much in the
way of preventing piracy, as episodes will premiere in Australia two weeks after the UK (in the
United States, BBC America will be on a similar schedule). It’s a much improved delay,
though, from the
past, when fans outside Britain would wait for months after the UK premiere for their fix
— or learn how to use torrents.
But fighting piracy, or creating a buzz for the show, doesn’t seem to be the goal here: as
opposed to Warner Bros and ITV’s decision to release
episodes of The Vampire Diaries ahead of their British airing, it appears that the
purpose of debuting Doctor Who online early is to get Australians using the free video
service.
According to Kim Dalton, director of Television at
the ABC, “iView is a fantastic offering, an additional way for Australian audiences to
watch ABC TV’s content — generally after, but in this special case
before, its television broadcast. We hope the lure of Doctor Who —
and what a fun and exciting lure it is — will provide incentive for more
viewers to discover iView, and experience how convenient and easy to use it is.”
iView first became available in July 2008, and is available on the PS3
through the Playstation Network. So, hey, f you’re reading this and you’re in
Australia, we’d love to find out whether you’ve used the iView service, and what you
think of it, in the comments!
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Blu-ray.com - Blu-ray Disc news -
1 days and 23 hours ago
According to Australian tech site SmartHouse, Samsung and Panasonic may be fighting over the rights
to bundle a 3D version of James Cameron's Avatar with the 3D-compatible HDTVs from their
respective brands in the second half of 2010. Initially, Panasonic was the clear favorite. However,
now Samsung is reportedly offering "serious money" in a bid for the rights to bundle the sci-fi
blockbuster....
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Springwise: Promising new business ideas for entrepreneurial minds -
2 days and 10 hours ago
Planned scarcity is a well-known tactic for increasing a product's appeal, and a new Australian
venture is taking full advantage of that strategy with its collection of strictly limited-edition
designer laptop sleeves. Launched in July 2009, Melbourne-based Tropical Howie...
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An Australian trademark tribunal has rejected Apple's attempt to prevent some companies from
using a lowercase "i" in their names, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. At the center of the
case is DOPi, a brand of bags and cases for Apple products sold by the Sydney-based Wholesale
Central. Apple complained to IP Australia, the government body behind the tribunal, that people
could potentially confuse DOPi products for its own, as the name is a reversed take on
"iPod."...
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