Intel sues man over Intel name
Found on The Inquirer on Wednesday, 31 January 2007
INTEL filed a legal action against Mr Sean Torongeau. Torongeau, it said, is trading as PROINTELL and that might confuse people and devalue Chipzilla's mark.
"By combining Intell with the generic and laudatory term 'pro', Defendant has caused and is likely to continue to cause confusion that Intel is the source of sponsor of Defendan'ts computer services, or that there is an association or relationship between the companies."
PROINTELL repairs computers, designs websites, hosts websites. Intel lawyers think PROINTELL will "tarnish, blur, or dilute, or likely tarnish, blur or dilute the distinctive quality of the famous Intel mark."
Intel is well known for sending out armies of lawyers if someone else uses "their" five letters. I'm waiting for the lawuit against the CIA, since "users might be confused and mix it up with the 'Central Intel-i-chance Agency'" (perhaps Apple might jump in too because of the "iChance").