??? What about this: iChat already exists!

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'.
 
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
 
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. :D

-the valrus

p.s. They should change their name to NinjaSoft, too. :p
 
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...
 
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.
 
Originally posted by Valrus
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. :D

-the valrus

p.s. They should change their name to NinjaSoft, too. :p
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LOL! thanks, valrus, that really made me laugh out loud ... :D :D
 
fryke,

The legal position is their "ichat" is not our "iChat."
Not the latter part of my comment.

Read. Please.
^_^

Regards,
George Lien
 
Originally posted by georgelien
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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OUR??? :confused: :eek: :confused: :eek: :confused: :eek: :confused:
 
Apple calling a product 'iSomething' is just as if they called it 'Something', because of their naming scheme. Also, I suspect they purchased a lisence to use the name. Apple are Fascists with Copyright law, so I doubt they'd screw up like this.

Bernie :eek:)
 
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