Holy moly.................................... APRIL FOOLS
Get it? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "fasteddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <kxt@kxthelp.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 7:08 PM Subject: Re: KX-T: Panasonic confirms plan to sue competitors for royalties on use of “VoIP”® > go get a job you guys have too much time on your hands. if pana was going > to sue they would have done it when the term voip was first mentioned. > like > what was said eariler. a company name is one thing a logo another, using > the letters for something that was not even inventer yet they cant claim. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <kxt@kxthelp.com> > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:22 PM > Subject: Re: KX-T: Panasonic confirms plan to sue competitors for > royalties > on use of “VoIP”® > > >> It'll probably end up like the situation with Intel did when they >> renamed the 586 chip to "Pentium" after AMD tradmarked the name "586". >> I think they should have rights to the term but their term "VoIP" meant >> something totally different. >> >> - Mark >> >> Marc wrote: >>> Awesome! You go, Panasonic!!! Although it is interesting that the date >>> of >>> this press release is April 1st... ;-) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Marc Halberg >>> The Phone Man >>> La Jolla, CA >>> 800-878-PHON >>> www.ephoneman.com >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Michael N. Marcus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 11:06 AM >>> To: kxt@kxthelp.com >>> Subject: KX-T: Panasonic confirms plan to sue competitors for royalties >>> on >>> use of “VoIP”® >>> >>> SECAUCUS, NJ, April 1, 2007 - Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd. has >>> confirmed published reports that it will be seeking royalty payments, or >>> injunctions to stop other companies from using the term "VoIP®," which >>> has >>> been a registered trademark of the international electronics firm for >>> over >>> 30 years. >>> >>> >>> >>> According to Kunio Watanabe, Panasonic Executive Vice President for >>> Legal >>> Affairs, "in 1973, there were discussions about expanding Panasonic's US >>> headquarters, then in the PanAm Building in Manhattan, to become >>> Panasonic's >>> world headquarters. We considered buying the building, and changing the >>> sign >>> on the rooftop from PanAm to Panasonic." >>> >>> >>> >>> "Although the building was sold to MetLife instead of to us, and >>> corporate >>> headquarters remained in Japan," Watanabe continued, "we did develop a >>> promotional plan to establish the New York City operation as the "Voice >>> of >>> International Panasonic." The term "VoIP"® was registered with the >>> United >>> States Patent and Trademark Office in 1974, and has been renewed and >>> kept >>> current." >>> >>> >>> >>> "The VoIP® trademark," Watanabe emphasized, "is valuable Panasonic >>> intellectual property, and is becoming more valuable every day. We can >>> prove >>> that Panasonic is the original VoIP® company. With the introduction of >>> our >>> new Globarange VoIP® phones and service, and our previously introduced >>> VoIP®-enabled KX-TDA business phone systems, we won't stand idly by >>> while >>> other companies compete with us, while using our registered trademark. >>> We >>> are initially targeting 34 companies -- including AT&T, Microsoft, >>> Cisco, >>> IBM, Avaya, Uniden, Skype, and Vonage -- who offer alleged VoIP® >>> services >>> and products. We will offer them a choice of purchasing a license for >>> the >>> use of our trademark, or to develop their own terminology.” >>> >>> >>> >>> “Over 60 years ago,” Watanabe concluded, “the Radio Corporation of >>> America >>> developed an audio connector that became known as the RCA jack. Hundreds >>> of >>> companies have been able to sell countless millions of items called RCA >>> jacks and plugs, with no financial benefit to RCA. Panasonic will not >>> let >>> that happen with our VoIP®.” >>> >>> >>> >>> Later this month, Panasonic will launch a "First with VoIP®" multimedia >>> marketing campaign to promote its new Globarange phones and free >>> worldwide >>> calling service, developed to use the “joip” service of New York-based >>> VoIP® >>> service provider deltathree, Inc. Deltathree is the first company to be >>> licensed by Panasonic to use the VoIP® registered trademark. Globarange >>> phones are hybrid two-line 5.8GHz DECT cordless phones, supporting both >>> landline and joip-powered VoIP® services. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ >> Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ > Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
