Intel in breach of Intel Press trademark - claim

DONCASTER SECURITY firm 7Intel has released another press barrage against Intel and claimed an earlier "cease and desist" action it brought against another British firm demonstrated the chip giant acknowledges the widespread use of the term "intel" outside the semiconductor cloisters.

7Intel said in a statement that Intel had failed to issue its threatened proceedings against the firm of private detective and is now a month past its July 2nd deadline.

The managing director of 7Intel, Gary Stapleton, said that it would be cheaper for Intel to pay for the domain names and trademarks they want to protect "rather than fork out the legal fees they incur in belatedly challenging those who have innocently acquired them". He said: "My advice to anyone being approached in this manner is to stand up to the bullies".

Other UK firms approached by Intel have made their correspondence from the chip giant available on the web site, claimed 7Intel.

Intel Security Systems was approached by Intel in 2002, a representative for 7Intel said. In May 2002, Intel conceded that the word "intel" was commonly in use in the security industry and didn't conflict with ISS' products or business, some of the correspondence said.

ISS has a security publishing business called Intel Press, and the chip firm had claimed this conflicted with its own Intel Publishing. But the former trademark was registered before Intel-the-chip-firm trademarked Intel Press, it appears.

ISS had held the Intel Press trademark for 15 years and didn't consider that Chipzilla contravened its own business model.

This remind us a bit of the guy who used to have a wireless (radio) shop near West Hampstead tube station called Radio Shack. Rather than sue him, Tandy attempted to buy him and his shop out for a ridiculous amount of money. But the guy with the Radio Shack (West Hampstead) wasn't interested in selling his name or his shop, and carried on trading regardless.

We haven't seen his shop from the Metro Line now for many a year. µ

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