Microsoft sued over Bing name

[the_poet]

It seems MS was aware of this before choosing its search engine's name.

There are those who believe that Microsoft came up with the name Bing for its refreshed search engine after staring at the word "Bingo" for several days and then removing the last letter.

However, a small entity in St. Louis has decided that the name Bing was, is and always should be, theirs. More...

BTW, have you watched this? :lol:

 

[DubDubDubDot]

Hopefully MS fights it and does not settle.

For the web design company, this lawsuit is just an expensive lottery ticket.

 

[GoneWalkabout]

If you type 'Bing.TV' in google - you should get a link to a project of mine that we were working on well before the microsoft bing thing came along

I'm not crying though - that's just the way it is. Good luck to them.

However, I am VERY pissed off that if you type 'Bing.TV' in the Microsoft 'search engine' called Bing.com they have never heard of my website. YET Google show it first.

I don't mind them moving into my area - I DO mind them not even recognising that Bing.TV exists!!!!!!!!


I'm even asked if I'm looking for 'Ming.TV' - that's offensive!

 

[the_poet]

A little OT, but doesn't Bing.biz look too old-school for a web design company?!

 

[wwwweb]

How about Chandlier Bing from friends is he going to throw his 2 cents into the arena?

 

[John Baron]

Very interesting , iam pretty sure ms is going to win it ,
nice publicity to bing tho (to both of the bing's that is )

oh that ex Microsoft worker video....rofl !

 

[DnEbook]

i dont think any of my websites can be found on bing .......crap search engine

 

[Zalaki]

i dont think any of my websites can be found on bing .......crap search engine

I agree!

*hopes MS loses*

 

[labrocca]

Stupid lawsuit and it will go nowhere fast.

 

[wussadotcom]

More publicity for Bing

 

[gazzip]

I would have thought that Microsofts lawyers would have gone those all the current trademark records for Bing with a fine toothcomb BEFORE they even made an offer on the name, never mind spending $80 to $100 million marketing it.....they're not idiots.

There can be a thousand trademarks for the word bing as it also depends on what it is being used for

Microsofts TM use is

Word Mark BING
Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: computer search engine software; graphical user interface software, namely, toolbar software for use with search engine software and websites

IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: advertising services; dissemination of advertising for others via the Internet; providing consumer product information via the Internet; advertising and directory services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others by providing a website featuring links to the websites of others; providing online directory services featuring business and personal directory information; providing an Internet website featuring news and information in the fields of national and international politics and business

IC 038. US 100 101 104. G & S: telecommunication services, namely, receipt and delivery of information, messages, documents, images and other data by electronic transmission; streaming of audio and video on the Internet

IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: education, namely, providing training and tutorials in the field of computer searching and online advertising; entertainment services, in the nature of providing online news and information in the fields of entertainment, education, pop culture, cultural activities and exhibitions, sports, and other non-business and non-commercial fields, namely, games, music, literature, the arts, television, films and performance art

IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: computer services, namely, providing search engines for obtaining data on a global computer network


PLUS

Word Mark BING
Goods and Services IC 039. US 100 105. G & S: providing a web site and web site links to geographic information, map images, and trip routing




...Does Bing Information Design even have a current trademark for Bing ??? I could'nt see one.





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[turnhardtoeasy]

hmm interesting.... i wish microsoft loses.. :P
even tough i like XP (not vista)
but i want the other company to win
hehe
by the way there is some chips company selling chips by the name BINGO too :P (dont know if they are the same company)