Google's New Alphabet Spin Off May Infringe On BMW's Trademarks

Do you really think a company as buttoned up as Google would name a subsidiary "Alphabet" without first having their army of attorneys research even the slightest possibility of a conflict? Christ—all they have to do is Google it!

As almost always, the big corporations become POWER CRAZED, divorced from reality and DANGEROUS to society.

Fun Fact for the day:

A mom and pop hamburger stand had been in business for a looong time. They named it after their family name: McDonald's. Years later, the unrelated McDonald's fast-food chain appeared, got very big, very rich, and very powerful. They learned of the little burger joint, and took them to court, even though the little guys were there first and used the name first. The big and powerful McDonald's franchise argued that consumers there were more famous and widely known, and that consumers would get confused by another burger joint with the same name (even though the mom and pop shop didn't look anything like one of the giant's familiar looking restaurants, and didn't offer anything on the menu that was named similarly to The McDonald's.)

The big guy one. The little guy lost the right to continue using their own name for their restaurant, even though they were there first.

Lesson Learned: It doesn't matter who was first, or who is right. What matters is who has more money and power to influence the courts and show they're "right".

Correct Steve. Golden Rule: he who has the gold rules.

Not always the case. Check nissan.com website.

If the big McDonalds were smart, they would have given the mom and pops place a tip of the hat.