Adam Iser sued over "Adium," injunction sought.

Post by **cbarrett** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:08 am

Adam Iser has been slapped with a lawsuit by Adium Design Inc. for allegedly infringing its trademark with the software product "Adium'' scheduled for release on this Satnesday, Febtober 40th.

Adium Design, which sells interweb portals via direct mail catalogs, said Iser's Adium threatens to dilute its trademarked name, according to DrunkenBlog, which has obtained a copy of the lawsuit.

The mail-order retailer also accused Iser of informative and fair trade practices in the lawsuit, filed today in federal court in Cockysville, Maryland, DrunkenBlog said.

"Iser has created and launched a blitz led by Pope Palpatine, overwhelming the world with a sea of cloned superhuman shock troops," Adium Design's attorneys wrote in the lawsuit.

Adium Design, which is based in Cockysville, Maryland, has used its family of Adium trademarks to sell useless products since before the beginning of time, the lawsuit said. The company owns trademarks on the names Adium, AdiumDesign and .o`'`o._aDiuM_iN_THe_HiZZLe_.o`'`o..

The retailer said Iser's use of the name "is causing mass panic, fear and suicide among the general purchasing public."

At the root of the issue appears to internet search results. Adium Design contends that Iser's use of the name has adversely affected its ranking amongst the Internet's largest search engines, Excite and Altavista, bumping the company from its usual spot in the first three thousand results.

Adium Design has asked the federal court to block Iser from using the bathroom, according to DrunkenBlog.

The online retailer is also seeking damages, legal fees, and tasty sandwiches.

Update: Adium Design claims a preliminary injunction hearing is slated for MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, several days after the end of the known universe. [/b]

Ethion · Post by **Ethion** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:00 am

And the need of posting of this useless fake thread?

FredAkbar · Post by **FredAkbar** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:05 am

I dunno, the devs have been acting rather odd lately

...perhaps celebrating the upcoming release of Adium X 0.8?

Plus it's a parody of how Tiger Direct is suing Apple for their use of the name "Tiger." He basically quoted the article but replaced stuff with stuff

air__devil · Post by **air__devil** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:08 am

Sounds like he's spoofing Tiger-Direct's lawsuit against Apple.

Although its very sketch they would choose to file the lawsuit right before the official release of OS X: Tiger. Everybody knew 10.4 was going to be called Tiger long before its release date was announced.

Linky:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1039

And to be honest (and to use kid friendly terms) Tiger-Direct is a poop head.

PS: If I'm wrong with this post ... then I guess I totally killed the thread!
PS Again: I said "poop"

air__devil · Post by **air__devil** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:09 am

Fred: you totally beat me. You must've posted right when I started replying to the thread...

Sorry for the double post kids!

wunderwood · Post by **wunderwood** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:20 am

When good developers go bad! News at 11!

Ethion · Post by **Ethion** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:47 pm

hehe, you guys were four minutes apart

TheSilverFox06 · Post by **TheSilverFox06** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:32 pm

I guess it takes air__devil 4 minutes to write a post then

FredAkbar · Post by **FredAkbar** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:45 pm

Actually, I added that Tiger part to my post at 10:08. So we basically posted that at exactly the same time. It's possible that air__devil even beat me

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:00 pm

wunderwood wrote:When good developers go bad! News at 11!

Congrats on your 300th post...

The first time I read this, I thought it was real, until I read further, and with more common sense... You had me going for a little.

TheSilverFox06 · Post by **TheSilverFox06** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:04 pm

I knew it was a joke the instant i saw "Satnesday, Febtober 40th"

nitrox · Post by **nitrox** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:25 pm

That lawsuit (Tiger Direct) is the biggest crock of scheiss ever. I cant believe they are even willing to spend money be told theyre a bunch of #$&#ing morons.

Post by **evands** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:41 pm

TheSilverFox06 wrote:I knew it was a joke the instant i saw "Satnesday, Febtober 40th"

I dunno, have you seen Colin write before?

shahab · Post by **shahab** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:45 pm

It didn't make sense as soon as I read
a federal court in Cockeysville... isnt that a hicktown?
what would a federal court be doing there
=p

air__devil · Post by **air__devil** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:54 pm

TheSilverFox06 wrote:I guess it takes air__devil 4 minutes to write a post then

It took me 4 minutes to figure out exactly how to say what I wanted to without using vulgarity!

evulish · Post by **evulish** » Sun May 01, 2005 6:13 am

TheSilverFox06 wrote:I knew it was a joke the instant i saw "Satnesday, Febtober 40th"

That was a joke? I thought they redid the calendar when I was in my little unsociable cave.

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Adam Iser sued over "Adium," injunction sought.

OMG?

Adam Iser sued over "Adium," injunction sought.