RealtyWorld and Whorish IP Claims

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# William said on March 26, 2005 10:38 AM:

Thank you for your remarks, you are 100% right on all accounts. I am the one that did the mailing with the dreadful Microsoft clipart. The globe is supposed to be the universal symbol for the 'World Wide Web'.

I think what they are saying is they own the trademarked globe for the 'World Wide Web'. If so their lawyers are going to be very busy for the next 100 years suing everyone. I wanted to post the letter they sent also in case anyone needs a good laugh. (Victim's name blacked out to protect the innocent!)
http://66.36.246.108/realty-world.pdf

Keep up the good work! --Dave

# William said on March 26, 2005 3:26 PM:

They can go get f#cked. I hope Microsoft sues them for stealing Microsoft clip art and claiming it as their own.

# William said on March 28, 2005 10:04 AM:

Wow, this is just brutal....how many other companies have logo's that are globes with a grid pattern on them?!?

# William said on March 28, 2005 10:27 AM:

I'm not sure, but if you would skicow, please post with something that says http://www.realtyworld.com really sucks so that we can get it indexed on google appropriately. They are threatening some really nice people to boot over this, and it's friggin Microsoft Publisher!

# William said on March 29, 2005 4:44 PM:

Thier web sites says "Give Us 5 Minutes And We Will Give You The World".

So, I'm thinking of giving them 5 minutes.

Then, when I ask for my house overlooking a nude beach on the Mediterranean coast of France, and they tell me I'm crazy - can I sue them for false advertising?

# William said on March 29, 2005 4:50 PM:

If you can get me on the jury - you'll be a rich man. Those bastards suck. Not sure if you read the whole thread in the Coffeehouse, but the Chutzpah of http://www.realtyworld.com and how much they suck is beyond belief.

# William said on April 6, 2005 6:41 PM:

Complained to Microsoft about the liability of getting sued for using their crappy office programs and finally got a response today from their corporate master mind lawyers. Looks like they never even read the complaint!

Here is the jerk's response

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From: J.K. Weston [mailto:jkweston@microsoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 5:01 PM
To: Dave
Subject: RE: Copyright


Under Section 1.2 of our End-User License Agreement (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tou.aspx), Realty World was granted the right to use the clipart image. That said, any trademark clearance that might be necessary prior to using the image as their corporate logo is the sole responsibility of Realty World. Thank you.



Microsoft cannot and will not comment any further on this matter. We encourage you to resolve this matter with Realty World directly.




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# William said on November 12, 2005 3:01 PM:

what the hell is this all about