Monster Monsters

"One of the stupidest court cases I've heard of since SCO sued companies for using Linux... a California company called Monster Cable is going around the country suing other companies that use the word "monster".

Companies that have already bowed down to this insanity include Monster.com, Disney and the Discover Channel. Meanwhile many smaller companies, like http://monstervintage.com/, who sell vintage clothing, are being steamrolled and simply don't have the money to fight the court case.

There is one night in shining armor, though, Snow Monsters (who make ski training videos for kids) has taken the offensive and has sued Monster Cable first, seeking a court ruling that he doesn't infringe upon the cabling company's trademarks."

makes you wonder if you could be next (especially those of us who have their own business)

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2559

after you read that, check out

http://www.monstervintage.com/#monstercable

it's not a joke monster cable is doing this for real...

I for one would never buy their cables... it's not like they are the best cables out there anyway, cheap quality and the most expensive...

Un-fucking-believable. I guess Monster cables aren't going to be used in the surround-system I plan to build in the new house.


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Did a bit of reading, and here's a list of all the companies they're suing, or have successfully sued:

1. Monster Records
2. Monster Rock
3. Monster Mos
4. Monsters of Rock 'n' Roar
5. Monster in my Pants
6. Monster Cafe'
7. Monster Museum Cafe'
8. Monster Bowl
9. Monster Ray
10. Monster
11. Monster Money
12. Monster Software
13. The Monster
14. The Monster Card
15. Digital Monster
16. Speed Monster
17. Monster Bot
18. Monster Commands
19. Hula Monsters
20. EMonster
21. Music Monster
22. Monsterworld
23. Monster Magnet
24. Honey Monster
25. Audiomonster
26. Duel Monsters
27. Think Monster
28. Monster Spray
29. Rubie's Tiny Monsters
30. Monster Tamer
31. Home of the Monster
32. Scan Monsters
23. Monster Eye
24. Monster Recovery
25. Monster Light
26. Jingle Bell Monster
27. Mini Monsters
28. The Number Monster
29. Monster Fighters
30. Monstersnaps
31. Monster Guard
32. Monster Hardware
33. Monster Game
34. Monster Vision
35. Monster Filter
36. My Pet Monster
37. Build-A-Monster
38. Monster Cutters
39. Monstermark
40. Reborn the Monster
41. Monster Rancher Explorer
42. Monstergrams
43. Monsterworks
44. Tully-Monster
45. Doctor Zarr's Amazing Funk Monster
46. Monster Truck Mania
47. Hela Monster
48. Monster Maze
49. Monster Proof
50. Monster Away
51. Monsters for Grown-Ups
52. War of the Monsters
53. Scooby-Doo and the Monsters of Mexico
54. Monster Rancher Advance
55. One Eyed Monster
56. Learning Monster
57. Inkmonsters
58. Scribble Monster
59. Sky Monsters
60. B Monster
61. "It's not a monster - it's local!"
62. Bapcol Flomonster
63. Monster Snot
64. Songster
65. Monster Rancher
66. Monsters of the Midway
67. Monster Mix
68. Monster Grip
69. Monsterhype Productions
70. Monsterresponse
71. Road Monsters
72. Doctor Monster
73. Monster Garage
74. Monsters
75. Monsters of Rock
76. M Monnex
77. Monster Grab
78. Monster Resins
79. Monster Clubhouse
80. Monsterpin
81. Monster Hunter
82. Monster Squadron
83. Monster Head
84. Mambo Monster
85. Monster Sweep
86. The Monster Cooler
87. Messagemonster
88. Monster Cash
89. Monster Maker Media & Marketing
90. Monster Seats
91. M Monster
92. Blue Monster Bar
93. Monsterskate
94. Monster Enforcer
95. Monster Magic
96. Snow Monsters
97. Candy Monster
98. Monster Mansion
99. Air Monster
100. Monster Slots
101. Monster Tower
102. Monster Baseball
103. Monsters of the Interstate
104. Monsters Wanted

Wow, so they're pretty sucessfull at screwing people. So its pretty much legal to own the word monster? Creepy, what don't people want to stake out and own these days.

I call "the" "and" and "a".

Pay up suckas.

I can see the writer of "Monster Mash" getting ideas right now.

I forget exactly what it is, but in buisness, before naming your company, there is a proper procedure that you have to follow. If they didn't follow that procedure and used the word that someone else had for their company, it's fair game

its disapointing to hear that such a great electronics company with a reputation such as monster cables would stoop to such levels...

it reminds me of metallica suing a bunch of companies for using their name, or a likeness of their name. like victoria secrets "metallicKa" lip gloss and other such nonsense.

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Fuck 'em, that's unrealistic and should be thrown out of court.