Ted,Actually, Freedom Scientific was formed in April of 2000, and Serotek was founded in November of 2001, according to their Web pages. However, FS didn't seem too interested in them until recently. Maybe FS got a little nervous when Serotek invaded their home turf. In February of this year, Serotek announced that the Florida Division of Blind Services was testing their remote access solutions. Maybe Yardbird's comment about the big dog marking its territory wasn't too far off the mark.
Gary King w4wkz@xxxxxxxx----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)" <Ted.Lisle@xxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 7:44 AMSubject: RE: Freedom Scientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against Serotek Corporation
And I'll bet the other company was already around when the conglomerate chose its present name. That's almost as dumb as Nextel trying to take a patent on the phrase "push to talk." CB'ers, hams, and users of virtually every other public and private radio service are still guffawing about that one, as the phrase is just about as old as the microphone. Ted -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 7:07 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Freedom Scientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against Serotek Corporation The other company, Serotek, have long made a rival screen reader, Freedom Box: http://www.freedombox.info/ The text of Freedom Scientific's complaint has been made available at: http://www.shandrow.com/fs_vs_serotek_complaint.txt Basically, they're claiming that the word "Freedom" in "Freedom Box" could lead people to believe the product is created by Freedom Scientific. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis John Ramsey wrote:What is the lawsuit about? I have no idea who this other company is orwhatthey provide, so I am totally lost. Take care, John -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalfOf Darrell Shandrow Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:20 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jfw-employment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Freedom Scientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit AgainstSerotekCorporation Freedom Scientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against SerotekCorporationAn online petition is being circulated to everyone in the assistive technology industry and the blind community for the purpose ofcollectingsignatures showing support for the concept that Freedom Scientific,Inc.should cease their lawsuit against Serotek Corporation. May 20, 2007 -- We at the Blind Access Journal call upon everyone intheassistive technology industry and the blind community to sign the Save Serotek Petition found at http://www.saveserotek.org asking Freedom Scientific, Inc. to cease their trademark infringement lawsuit against Serotek Corporation. After allowing sufficient time to collect asignificantnumber of signatures, the signed petition will be sent, via certifiedmail,to the Board of Directors of Freedom Scientific, Inc. We invite redistribution of this press release to all interested parties, postit onblogs, discuss it on podcasts and insure its wide distribution to all independent and mainstream media outlets. E-mail, MSN Windows Live Messenger, Skype and telephone queries are welcome from all interestedinthis vital effort. We thank you in advance for your support. Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist Visit http://www.SaveSerotek.org and ask Freedom Scientific to stopsuing!Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by another person. Blind Access Journal blog and podcast:http://www.blindaccessjournal.comCheck out high quality telecommunications services athttp://ld.net/?nu7i-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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