Nvidia Is Defending Its Hopper GPU Trademark Against Dish Network

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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  2. Devid

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    Oh boy, such a drama!
    NVIDIA should rename Hopper to Scalper and call it a day.:cool:
     
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    But then they would get sued by the scalpers...
     
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    Oh, that's so true :D
     
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    this is like comparing the Mini Cooper to the Mini skirt.... totaly different products.
     
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    Where do you draw the line, though? At least the ones in the article's case are both electronics manufacturers. It's like someone started making lawn mowers under the name of Mini. Cars and lawn mowers are different, but are they different enough for Mini (or actually BMW) not to get bothered by it?
     
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    Grace Hopper is rolling in her grave.
     
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    change it to chopper
    chopper sic balls
     
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    This reminds me of when Nissan car company sued a man whose last name was Nissan because his computer shop was called Nissan computers. Let's think about how pathetic that really is
     
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    Imagine Nvidia and this company just agree to go full green energy by generating all this energy from the rolls.
    Ubisoft did it already with Tom Clancy .
     
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    Pleas not post news like this, its garbage.
     
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    while this may seem silly or even stupid to most, the simple fact is Dish Network has been spending millions of dollars the last 15 years to market the name "Hopper".

    it is Nvidia's lack of due diligence that has created this problem. as a matter of fact i personally know several well-placed Nvidia employees that have Dish Network (and "the Hopper") so this should never have come up.

    there is zero chance Nvidia will not end up paying mucho moolah to Dish Network. oh they'll be able to use "Hopper", but at a cost. it's actually far cheaper to rename the product but egos and lawyers have gotten involved.
     
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    Next thing you know they'll be suing kangaroo's

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    Judge: please bring the defendant "Hopper" into court!

    plaintiff: your honor it just hopped out of here!

    Hey, I got a great idea! let's all get together and patent every word in the dictionary and charge everyone that tries to use it!
     
  15. NewTRUMP Order

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    I understand the fundamentals of Dish network suing Nvidia. It is to protect their right to use "Hopper" in their branding. But the whole situation is rather juvenile. How many people are going to call up Nvidia and order their tv dish? In that vein of thought, how many are going to go to Best Buy to purchase their Dish Network Hopper gpu? [​IMG]
     
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    Maybe if Dish had a better product for a better price, they wouldn't have to worry about such a thing. Should Nvidia be sued for every other name they used? Because there sure a lot of other products that share the same name.
    (the answer to that question is obviously "no")
     
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    I wonder if dish is going to sue me for my new dish?

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    should I call my lawyer?

    I believe in all honesty if you sue anyone for let's say 1 million dollars and lose you must in tern pay them 1 million dollars!

    then and only then would all this nonsense stop.
     
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    The loser pays the winner's court expenses. That's usually enough of a deterrence considering lawyers charge you a thousand bucks per hour.
     
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    yes sir^...that's what I'm talkin about!
     
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    This is just Dish Network LLC looking for a payout.

    In america the loser does pay court expenses but also does not pay lawyer expenses, each side pays its own independent of the outcome. Those two are not the same.
     

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