http://www.metafilter.com/tags/companynames Posts tagged with 'companynames' at MetaFilter. Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:18:57 -0800 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:18:57 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/26342/Worst%2DCompany%2DNames <a href="http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=14670">A Company By Any Other Name Would Smell Just As Foul:</a> A pool-cleaning company called <a href="http://www.poolife.com/eprise/main/waterchemicals/poolife_b2c/content/index.htm">Poolife</a>; an Internet terminal firm called <a href="http://www.netpecker.com/">NetPecker</a>. With all the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2190484.stm">stupid rebranding</a> now <a href="http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/11/30/naming/index.html">going on</a>, it's a pity more attention isn't paid to companies in the politically incorrect but delightful <a href="http://www.funnyname.com/">funny</a> names <a href="http://www.llij.net/names.html">game</a>. <em>[<small><strong><em>Poolife</em></strong> and <strong>NetPecker</strong> courtesy of <a href="http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Lindsay/weblog/latest.html">Bifurcated Rivets</a></small></em>.]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26342 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:18:57 -0800 bifurcatedrivets companies companynames netpecker poolife MiguelCardoso http://www.metafilter.com/6078/ <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/0102/28/bizcom/bizcom3.html">eBay takes a leaf out of eToys' book.</a> Everybody's favourite auction site is threatening legal action against EBay Pty Limited, an Australian company that’s been around for twenty years but only got online recently. eBay has the <a href="http://www.ebay.com.au">ebay.com.au</a> domain name, so EBay bought <a href="http://www.ebayaust.com">ebayaust.com</a> in late 1999 for their small business selling self-published books. <br><br>Now eBay wants EBay to stop using the name both online and <i>offline</i>, the latter of which seems highly dubious given the relative ages of the companies. <br><br>In what is becoming an increasingly global marketplace, where do we draw the line between disparate companies with similar names? tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.6078 Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:26:16 -0800 companynames ebay etoys globalism onlineretailers trademarks Georgina