Monster Sues Monster

[Le Pirate]

Monster cables sues everybody with monster in their name....


I think they just finally settled a suit against a mini-golf course for having monster in their name.....they are nuts

[Ash]

http://reviews.cnet.com/hdmi-guide/

This article prompted me to check out monoprice.com --> I love it because you can get them in the colors you want. Makes wiring it up really easy: Blue cable goes to Blu-Ray. Red to Cable, Green to XBOX, etc etc etc. Makes life simple.

yeah monoprice is another good one

[herm]

have they sued the red sox yet?

[Randimus Maximus]

have they sued the red sox yet?

The Monster Seats are listed as an "adversary" in this wikipedia.org article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Cable

[herm]

unbelievable....
i think they should be aware of how long the "big green MONSTER" has been sitting in left field...(1912)

[Randimus Maximus]

what is really fun is reading the letter from Blue Jean Cable (the owner is a former patent attorney) back to Monster Cable about a potential patent infringement.

[Triple J]

Monster Cable's adversaries include:

Snow Monsters (a kid's skiing group)
MonsterVintage, small used clothing store
Monsters, Inc., an animated feature film[14]
Monster Garage, a television series[15]
Monsters of the Midway, a nickname of the Chicago Bears football team
Fenway Park's Monster seats
Monster.com employment website
Monster Mini Golf[16][17]
Monster Balls Paintballs manufactured by JT Sports
Monster Transmission

Uh...OK  Douchebags.

[herm]

they forgot monster trucks, ducati monster, and many more

laim-O

[junior varsity]

wonder why they haven't gone after monster-esque words: Monstrosity. Monstrous. Monsters Ball.

I thought if your company name was such a common word, the case is very difficult to protect it. I suppose I'll learn more about the legal acrobatics needed to be done regarding that next year.

[il d00d]

I really could not fathom a more wrong way to do business - hyper-aggressive legal maneuvering to protect the dubious claim on the "good name" of a company that owes its success to hyper-aggressive (not to mention technologically questionable) marketing for an overpriced product of marginal quality.  It pretty much covers all how-to-be-an-asshole-in-business bases.
It is also hard for me to comprehend how they got monster.com to *settle* a lawsuit for the use of the name - I'm guessing by threatening a protracted legal battle.  And now they are issuing licensing fees for use of the word "monster", like some kind of trademark squatter's rights.  Assholes.


If I had deep pockets, I would start a company called Monsterously Shitty Cables and Pointless Lawsuits LLC and wait to be served.  make the beast with two backs them very much.

Selected reading on said jackasses
A recent WSJ article - some discussion on how they are treating Monster like a well-known mark, like Visa, or Coca-Cola
Coat hangers sound as good as Monster cables
Rigged displays found at Frys, found not once, not twice but three times

The whole Blue Jeans V Monster sage mentioned above
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm

[Triple J]

The whole Blue Jeans V Monster sage mentioned above
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm

That's a pretty good read! 

[NAKID]

Here's the cables I bought...

http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Cable-6ft-1080P-HDTV/dp/B000E8OVMQ/ref=pd_ys_shvl_title

[Schmitty]

Here's the cables I bought...

http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Cable-6ft-1080P-HDTV/dp/B000E8OVMQ/ref=pd_ys_shvl_title

Shoulda spent the extra 2¢ and bought the cables preferred by 42% of Amazon shoppers...

[NAKID]

Hahahaha!

[Speedbag]

Coat hangers sound as good as Monster cables

An electrical engineer buddy and I did some testing years ago using frequency analyzers and such and determined that Monster Cable speaker wires were no better than 12/14ga lamp cord you can buy in bulk at hardware stores. And the lamp cord blends in better on carpet.