[Noisebridge-discuss] Five Minutes of Fame - January 21st, 2010 8pm

John Menerick john.menerick at gmail.com
Tue Jan 19 23:41:29 UTC 2010


But did they actually file the trademark?  I'm thinking not.

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On Jan 19, 2010, at 15:17, "Lee Sonko" <leelist at lee.org> wrote:

> That's odd. The NMC.org homepage shows that they've been holding
> "trademarked" 5mof events since 2004. But I can't find any reference  
> to
> NMC.org's 5mof events with a casual search on archive.org.
>
> I mean, they talk about the same things.... For instance, here's  
> mention of
> the NMC 2008 Summer Conference (http://www.nmc.org/vodcast/ 
> 2008-5mof). But
> the version from 2008 doesn't mention any 5mof-ness
> (http://web.archive.org/web/20080415180408/www.nmc.org/2008-summer-conferenc
> e)
>
>
> Same for the 2007 conference
> * current version http://www.nmc.org/vodcast/2007-5mof
> * 2008 version
> http://web.archive.org/web/20080423023931/www.nmc.org/keyword/nmc2007
>
>
>
> Just sayin.
>
> ;-)
>
>
> ------------------
>
> This upcoming Noisebridge 5mof looks like it'll be awesome!
>
> Lee
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net
>> [mailto:noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net] On
>> Behalf Of Sai Emrys
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:32 PM
>> To: aestetix aestetix
>> Cc: noisebridge-announce; NoiseBridge Discuss
>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Five Minutes of Fame -
>> January 21st,2010 8pm
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:06 PM, aestetix aestetix
>> <aestetix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Note: We've received a cease and desist letter from someone who's
>>> already using this name; we have been in contact with the
>> EFF, and are
>>> responding accordingly.
>>
>> Ooh, ooh, who is it?
>>
>> So many options.
>> http://www.nmc.org/5mof
>> http://5minutesfame.com/
>> http://five-minutes-of-fame.blogspot.com/
>> http://www.myspace.com/fiveminutesoffamenj
>> http://www.dailynebraskan.com/multimedia/5-minutes-of-fame-tre
>> vor-richards-1.2114418
>> http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/barlowgirl/5minutesoffame.html
>> http://www.thesixtyone.com/actofcongress/song/FiveMinutesofFam
>> e/ZajjCwWjdmO/
>> http://ignite.oreilly.com/
>>
>> I wonder which one thought their version was sufficiently
>> original to merit trademark protection?
>>
>> - Sai
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