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May 7th, 2002, 11:25 AM
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 ??? What about this: iChat already exists!
XLR8YOURMAC reprted that the Name iChat already exists. Have a look at this page. And at the bottom of it! (The ©) http://ichat.com So what now. What can Apple do about it? 
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May 7th, 2002, 11:53 AM
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Well, Apple isn't known for errors like that, but it seems like that's gonna be a problem. They should simply rename their application if there's a problem. What suggestions could we give them? iTalk? iMessenger? iAIM? iCantbenamediChat? ... Guess the *best* thing would be to just call it 'Chat' or 'Chat.app' like 'Mail' or 'Mail.app'.
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May 7th, 2002, 11:58 AM
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I think iChat is okay as long as the letter C is capital. The other ichat has a lower-case letter C. Besides, Apple will make the word iChat more famous than what the original ichat company could do. Regards, George Lien
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May 7th, 2002, 12:00 PM
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Apple needs to start rolling with the totally kick-ass application names. Chat Death! ThunderChats! HellChat! DestructoChat! ChatBlaster 2002! Man, I didn't get enough sleep last night.  -the valrus p.s. They should change their name to NinjaSoft, too. 
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May 7th, 2002, 12:00 PM
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Hmm... That's a very, very weak legal position. Imagine Microsoft would call their DV-Editor 'iMovie' saying they could make the name more popular than Apple ever could...
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May 7th, 2002, 12:13 PM
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Apple could argue that they are not directly in exactly the same industry as the other company - iChat (Apple) is an off the shelf general public product whereas the other one seems to be more of a comms solution for a company. Agreed though - a bit of a stretch IMHO. R.
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May 7th, 2002, 12:32 PM
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May 7th, 2002, 12:35 PM
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fryke, The legal position is their "ichat" is not our "iChat." Not the latter part of my comment. Read. Please. ^_^ Regards, George Lien
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