Porn Company To Sue HTC Over Phone Name?

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When I first heard of HTC's Vivid smartphone, I immediately confused it with a porno. Thankfully, the porn company Vivid Entertainment has sent HTC a cease and desist letter to prevent this from ever happening again! :rolleyes:

Vivid reportedly claims that the new 4.5-inch smartphone will lead to brand confusion; we'd imagine the company is worried people will think Vivid the company is somehow connected to Vivid the phone. Vivid did just launch a Google TV channel, so it's possible it's thinking of reaching even further with some sort of co-branded phone of its own.
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HTC and Vivid Entertainment should just reach an agreement that the Vivid phone will promote Vivid Entertainment, similar to how there's a Battlefield 3 edition of motherboards or Halo edition of Xbox.

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They are going to have to prove that people will be confused. The vast majority of people have never heard of that porno company. They are just being attention whores with absolutely nothing of merit in the lawsuit.

Perhaps they can sue the loudspeaker company, Vivid Audio, because people will confuse them with being soundtracks to porn movies. :rolleyes:
 
Some of you are missing the point.

This netted them a ton of free/cheap advertising and exposure. Now a bunch of people will look them up to see who they are. If even a small percentage purchase some porn, this is a win.
 
Dekoth-E- said:
Some of you are missing the point.

This netted them a ton of free/cheap advertising and exposure. Now a bunch of people will look them up to see who they are. If even a small percentage purchase some porn, this is a win.
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Yes, and when they lose the lawsuit, the hammer should be brought down on them in court fees and countersuits for being frivolous and stupid.
 
Eisenblut said:
Yes, and when they lose the lawsuit, the hammer should be brought down on them in court fees and countersuits for being frivolous and stupid.
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I'd be willing to bet even if that happens they will still come out ahead.
 
I'd say this is vividly stupid.

Oops, where to I deposit my quarter?
 
how dare stupid HTC mess with a respected brand like Vivid? I hope Vivid buys HTC and give the people what they REALLY deserve! :D
 
Sounds like recent story about Ford going after Ferrari for naming one of their Formula 1 Chassis F150. Which was named after 150th anniversary... which in the end was renamed to F150th Italia...
 
Honestly, this kind of shit is stupid. I don't really get how companies can hold onto common words in the english language.
 
I agree its just a publicity stunt, and it WILL get them more hits, even if they lose or don't even go to court.
 
HTC HardCOP

I hate when i go new computer and type this website's name in to fast.
 
Man, I'd love to be HTC in this case. "In lieu of monetary damage, HTC has agreed to take payment in sexual favors over the next decade."
 
I'm sure if HTC made 10" HTC Vivid, Vivid would have no complaints XD
 
I'm starting to wish we could just shoot people in he neck that bring up ridiculous lawsuits like this. "I burned myself with McDonalds coffee." BANG!

"My hairdresser gave me a bad haircut." BANG!

"Hi, I'm a patent lawyer for Apple and....BANG BANG BANG...........BANG!
 
MacLeod said:
I'm starting to wish we could just shoot people in he neck that bring up ridiculous lawsuits like this. "I burned myself with McDonalds coffee." BANG!

"My hairdresser gave me a bad haircut." BANG!

"Hi, I'm a patent lawyer for Apple and....BANG BANG BANG...........BANG!
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"I shot someone because I didn't understand the relevance of the McDonald's lawsuit" BANG!
 
Dekoth-E- said:
Some of you are missing the point.

This netted them a ton of free/cheap advertising and exposure. Now a bunch of people will look them up to see who they are. If even a small percentage purchase some porn, this is a win.
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Also the fact that the company now sues them brings even more views because everyone is going to be reading this story. If you think about it this is actually kind of smart on there end.
 
MacLeod said:
I'm starting to wish we could just shoot people in he neck that bring up ridiculous lawsuits like this. "I burned myself with McDonalds coffee." BANG!

"My hairdresser gave me a bad haircut." BANG!

"Hi, I'm a patent lawyer for Apple and....BANG BANG BANG...........BANG!
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BANG...BANG BANG..."I'm suing Vivid for my damaged....equipment." :D
 
Last I checked, Vivid Entertainment did not invent the word vivid. Nor did Monster Cable invent the word "monster". How about Blizzard Entertainment and Dairy Queen's Blizzard. Neither of them have sued the other?
 
NeghVar said:
Last I checked, Vivid Entertainment did not invent the word vivid. Nor did Monster Cable invent the word "monster". How about Blizzard Entertainment and Dairy Queen's Blizzard. Neither of them have sued the other?
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Monster Cable has sued quite a few people for using the word Monster.
 
if that were the case, HTC would have had to make a 10" phone, because 4.5" isn't going to cut it.
 
Yeah, my current Android phone is really bad at playing pornos. Maybe this will convince me to upgrade. Do I get a 2 year subscription to Vivid as well? Is there a no-contract porn option, or 'pay as you go' option? All this technology is so confusing, I just want to connect to the Internet to view my porn. Isn't that all it's for anyway...
 
I am sure the HTC "M.I.L.F. Hunter" edition would go over really big in certain market segments..

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Eisenblut said:
They are going to have to prove that people will be confused. The vast majority of people have never heard of that porno company. They are just being attention whores with absolutely nothing of merit in the lawsuit.
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Just like how Apple (Beatles) sued Apple (computers) over the name. It's not like a computer company would ever be involved in the music business. When someone mentions Apple music, it doesn't cause anyone confusion, everyone knows you're talking about the Beatles. So no harm done.
 
Azhar said:
"I shot someone because I didn't understand the relevance of the McDonald's lawsuit" BANG!
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That was first thought to that post as well.

McDonald's got sued because their coffee was so ridiculously hot that it was considered irresponsible.

It wasn't just a matter that it was and the woman got burned.
 
Commander FAT said:
That was first thought to that post as well.

McDonald's got sued because their coffee was so ridiculously hot that it was considered irresponsible.

It wasn't just a matter that it was and the woman got burned.
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This.

That was actually a legit lawsuit, the Internet and media made it sound like a scam.
 
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