??? What about this: iChat already exists!

[Alexandert]

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?

 

[fryke]

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'.

 

[georgelien]

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

 

[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.

-the valrus

p.s. They should change their name to NinjaSoft, too.

 

[fryke]

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...

 

[roger]

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.

 

[sithious]

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.

-the valrus

p.s. They should change their name to NinjaSoft, too.

LOL! thanks, valrus, that really made me laugh out loud ...

 

[georgelien]

fryke,

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

Read. Please.
^_^

Regards,
George Lien

 

[lethe]

iTools was also taken by Tenon. they seem to be OK with that

 

[dave17lax]

THUNDERCHAT THUNDERCHAT THUNDERCHAT
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Alexandert]

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

OUR???

 

[Alexandert]

I CHAT POINT!

 

[Alexandert]

Or even "I CHAT DOT"


Or what?

 

[bighairydog]

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 )