I just found out they're suing *SIXTEEN HUNDRED* small businesses that use the word "Monster" in their name.
These companies need to file a class-action suit against Monster Cable. That is an EVIL behavior for a company, and they need to be stopped.
Do you really think they can win? Especially with such obvious illegal activity such as stealing the domains by forging signatures? I agree - those people need to file a class action lawsuit. That's awful - I wish good luck to your friends.
yes, didn't Monster.com just get bought by one of the major internet providers who probably have more than enough money to crush a local cable company
That's them.
-Kalera
That's the company that's doing it.
-Kalera
To clarify, Monster.com is affiliated with Monster Cable.
-Kalera
Kalera: Are you saying that monster.com was bought by monstercable.com? I don't think that is true. My nephew works for monsterworldwide which is the parent company for monster.com
Hmmm...I'm gonna delve into this further...and give them "what for" if it's true, which I'm not sure it is.
My understanding is that they are affiliated... I could be wrong, though. They do have a link to Monstercable.com on the Monster.com home page, at the bottom.
-Kalera
Do you have a link to any story on this? Gotta spread the word!!
Val
Yeah, but what about monster.com?
Helen C
I'm working on it... I have yet to find any organized news story on it, so it NEEDS to hit the media. I think I'm going to do some more fact-checking and write something up to send out to newspapers, and maybe do a little website disseminating info on the suits.
-Kalera
so it NEEDS to hit the media. I think I'm going to do some more fact-checking and write something up to send out to newspapers, and >
dont need to fact check -- I checked and their are lawsuits filed on the trademark website!
they even had the balls to sue Discovery Inc. -- for MONSTER GARAGE the show...!!! And the BOSTON RED SOX for their "Monster seats", and "monster baseball" slogan, and BALLY gaming company for a "monster" slot machine, and HANNA BARBERA for "Scooby Doo and the Monster of Mexico" to -- little guys like "Scribble Monster" a children's coloring book....!!! (BTW - that case has been terminated too.... as are MANY OF THEM, click on the case number in the left column and look at the top left of the entry page second line -- it will say STATUS: Terminated. That means the case is no longer active....)
Looking at many of the documents -- it appears Monster Cable got in over their head -- some plaintiffs filed actions to "compel discovery" - which MC ignored, failed to show at discovery actions, etc... which would explain the terminations of cases... if they don't show up - the case can be closed by the magistrate for failure to go forward....
Most of these cases were FILED in 2001 and 2002 - and some are now marked "terminated"... i.e. the Cable people gave up - or lost interest ....
However - some of the big ones are still fighting it out- and cases won't come to trial (if ever) until August of 2005....
some of the paperwork admonished MC that their delays might result in sanctions..... I think Monster Cables found out the hard way - that the Patent and Trademark office wasn't buying their little game... or that they bit off more than they could chew....
They MIGHT be trying to play it with small change people - by doing threatening letters -- but if the people RESIST and force them to file a trademark challenge - Monster Cable is probably going to lose unless their is a "similarity" of the corporate function ....
- but they sure are making life miserable for a lot of people who don't know how to fight this - I am sure...
US Patent and Trademark Office -- suits against "monster" listed here
they are probably just trying to see how many little guys they can back down
OHHHH
I found one in the list - by a TEMCO Corp (Japan - with registry in CA)
where they are ATTACKING BACK against Monster Cable -- claiming Monster Cable's trademark registry will damage THEIRS -- which was "in use as early as 1997" and already approved by the Trademark office!!!! They want the Patent and Trademark office to CANCEL "Monster Cable"s registry ... LOL
turn about is FAIR PLAY!!!!! heh heh heh (going to court - Aug 2005)
Cheryl DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass
Monster Cable and Monster.com are NOT related companies at ALL. Get a clue before you start pontificating on a subject you have no clue about. Stop flapping your lips and do some research. Monster.com is HUGE media conglomerate. Monster Cable is a small speaker cable manufacturer.
Bwahahahah!
KarenK
They definitely have too many lawyers with too much time on their hands.
Guess I'm gonna stick with Radio Shack cables for my stereo needs. Val
Rude or anything? I believe Kalera and others *have* done their research. How would you know they have no clue? And where do you get off telling others what to say on a public newsgroup?
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 1:05:48 -0400, Kalera Stratton wrote (in message ):
I'm full rightnow, so I'll pass on your on your generous offer of refeshtment. The two companies are not related, and the link at the monster.com is there merely for the convenience of the cable customers.
This newspaper story explains the disconnect:
Kathy N-V
That invitation wasn't for you, Kathy... I just didn't need to be insulted right then. As I did say, I had just found out about the lawsuit against my friends and was very upset and not in possession of all the information... and I also said that I could be wrong about several things, that being one of them. *I had never heard of monster.com or Monster Cable before yesterday*. If aforementioned female canine knew they weren't connected, all she had to do was say so... there was no call to be insulting about it. The LINK does imply a connection.
Having a link on your website to another company is usually considered an act of affiliation, so that was a pretty logical mistake to make... I certainly didn't need to be jumped on by some nobody over it.
-Kalera
Huh? If that were true then everyone on the internet would be affiliate with everyone else to one degree or another.
I have a number of links to various companies on my website for which I get no compensation, and with which I am not affiliated. Nobody has ever mistaken me and my website as being a division of Such-and-Such Co.
Arondelle
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