BeepJan 26

France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials

https://lemmus.org/post/19676136

Show threadnorthernlights
Who tells them that “Visio” is already a trademark?
Jan 27 at 3:44pmWeb
Show threadAGD4Jan 27
By Microsoft, no less.
Show threadATS1312Jan 27
I’m 100% in favor of this. Erode that trademark!
Show threadBobbyJan 27
Trademarks don’t matter when it’s only for internal use.
Show threadRoss_audioJan 27
Probably not an enforceable trademark in France.
Show threaddoublenomJan 27

It is, and I genuinely worry that Microsoft will bitch about it.

www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/detail/FR50000009872…

Show threadRoss_audioJan 28

It’s literally a generic word for video call.

They might have registered it but in the EU it’s not enforceable in the context of video calls.

If Microsoft tries to defend it in that context they could lose it in all contexts.

Show threadBobbyJan 28

It is, and I genuinely worry that Microsoft will bitch about it.

The software is called Meet. Visio is just the name of the name of the government platform Meet is running on which is internal use only.

Show threadmotogoJan 27
Do you know what happens to trademarks and patents when a country starts threatening its (previous) allies with military invasion and tradewars, and start undermining the values of those allies? You’re right! It goes into the square hole! Heck, maybe I’m going to start a new software company tomorrow called Microsoft, and then threaten left and right with all crazy shit if anybody complains. Nobody will care about US trademarks since US disqualified itself by now.