Re: FreedomScientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against Serotek Corporation

  • From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:37:25 -0700

LOL, Allen. FS and its legal staff probably don't really think it's 
confusing anybody at the moment, either. This is a fairly normal business 
practice, to file suit just as a sort of prophylactic preemption. Like 
certain wars that will go unnamed. Before filing the complaint, I'm sure the 
FS lawyers exchanged some correspondence and a few phone calls with the 
other company's lawyers, maybe over a period of many months, trying to 
intimidate them into giving up the use of the word "Freedom" in their 
product name. Only when the other company resisted and things were ar 
perceived to be at an impasse would the FS legal team proceeded with the 
suit. The conflict needn't strike you or me as being very realistic. The FS 
hope is just to get it so no one in the adaptive tech industry except for 
them uses the word Freedom for anything, leaving it referring only to their 
company whenever someone hears it or reads it. It's like an Alpha male dog 
marking out territory. Just a matter of course. Just business, as they say.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan Wong" <allanwkf@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 8:53 PM
Subject: FreedomScientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against Serotek 
Corporation


for me, it is not confusing at all, at least up to this moment.

Warmest Regards,
Allan Wong
From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett@xxxxxxxxx>


MessageGood evening,

I know very little about trademark infringment in the United States. 
However, I find it difficult to believe that a significant
number of persons are confused between "Freedom Scientific's JAWS", and 
"Serotech's Freedom Box".  Is this really confusing people?

Everett



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darrell Shandrow
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 8:07 PM
  Subject: Re: Freedom Scientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against 
Serotek Corporation


  Hello John,

  Serotek provides alternative technology for the blind, some of which does 
compete with the JAWS screen reader sold by Freedom
Scientific.  Their System Access screen reader is relatively new to the 
field, but their FreedomBox Network has been around since
2000.  FreedomBox Network is essentially an online service similar to AOL. 
In fact, many of us refer to the FreedomBox Network as
AOL for the blind.  System Access and their newer remote access technologies 
provide completely mobile computer access to virtually
any system, as well as potentially new employment opportunities for blind 
people who must have remote access to other computers.

  Freedom Scientific is suing Serotek over the use of the term "FreedomBox". 
Please feel free to read
http://www.blindaccessjournal.com and http://www.thedesertskies.com as well 
as do Google searches, before deciding whether or not
you will sign onto the petition.

  Thanks.

  Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist
  Visit http://www.SaveSerotek.org and ask Freedom Scientific to stop suing!
  Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by 
another person.
  Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com
  Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: John Ramsey
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:53 PM
    Subject: RE: Freedom Scientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against 
Serotek Corporation


    What is the lawsuit about? I have no idea who this other company is or 
what they provide, so I am totally lost.
    Take care,
    John
      -----Original Message-----
      From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of 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 Against 
Serotek Corporation


      Freedom Scientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against Serotek 
Corporation



      An online petition is being circulated to everyone in the assistive 
technology industry and the blind community for the
purpose of collecting signatures 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 in 
the assistive 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 a significant number of signatures, the
signed petition will be sent, via certified mail, to the Board of Directors 
of Freedom Scientific, Inc. We invite redistribution of
this press release to all interested parties, post it on blogs, 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
interested in this vital effort. We thank you in advance for your support.



      Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist
      Visit http://www.SaveSerotek.org and ask Freedom Scientific to stop 
suing!
      Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by 
another person.
      Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: 
http://www.blindaccessjournal.com
      Check out high quality telecommunications services at 
http://ld.net/?nu7i

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