Gordon (gordon++at++apollo13.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 01 Apr 1997 14:38:54 GMT
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>[AP] March 31, 1997 Philadelphia, PA -- Lawyers for Price Pfister,
>the well known faucet manufacturer, today announced a multi-million
>dollar lawsuit leveled against Silicon Graphics, a San Fransisco based
>computer sales company over what Pfister calls "blatant trademark
>infringement in the pilfering of our good name."
>
>Giacomo Pfinzani, spokeseman for the Philidelphia-based appliance
>giant, in an offensive media blitz, claimed that SGI, known in
>the simulation industry for it's very large computers, knowingly
>copied Pfister's "Pfaucet with the pFunny name" campaign by applying
>the letters "pf" to a whole host of names in what is known in the
>comupter industry as an Application Programmers Interface or API.
>
>The "API" in question is called Performer, which, according to Pfinzani,
>is itself "too damn close" to his company's name. But, as he quickly
>points out, SGI's Performer product uses the trademarked "pf" prefix
>throughout the entire API. "They even make a joke of it," he says,
>"calling everything and it's uncle a pfObject! If that's not blatant
>pilfering, I don't know what is."
>
>Legal representatives from SGI responded with an usual move. Rather
>than fight the accusation in court, the SGI legal team responded with
>an offer to buy the company. "That's how we do business," an anonymous
>SGI spokesman commented.
>
>Still, Pfister founder and majority shareholder, Pfredrick Pfister I, was
>hesitant to give out. "Something's pfishy about the deal," he said. It
>seems as if the lawsuit will, indeed, go ahead as planned.
>
>No representatives of Silicon Graphic's Performer development team were
>officially available for comment. But one developer was overhead to say,
>"pF**k 'em!"
>
>
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