Fork-it Posted April 8, 2014 Share And the fact that NeilPryde have been using Alize since at least 2010? Valid, but the date of registration of the various trade marks also plays a role Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaccelari Posted April 8, 2014 Share Valid, but the date of registration of the various trade marks also plays a roleYep - but why wait at least 4 years until complaining? I heard (not verifiable, unfortunately) that NeilPryde have been using the name for much longer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted April 8, 2014 Share http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VsDWXXVK7oU/Td4qslqT6II/AAAAAAAABao/eGbMiS1mYYQ/s1600/np%2Blogo.jpg I just LOVE the way they managed to get their logo into the frame paintwork, not sure why they didn't continue with it? http://rcdn.roadbikereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/customcolors.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted April 8, 2014 Share oh, i know this is off topic, but allow me to show you why the brand is so awesome(i really do need one of their bikes). this is Jason Polakow taking on Jaws. He's got his own brand within the NP stable(or something like that). Would love to see this oke shred a downhill bike with kahunas like this, it's very hard to like an aussie but we can all make exceptions. oh, and the Neil Pryde RS:X is going to be the windsurfer class for the Rio olympics again.http://www.continentseven.com/c7/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rsx_racing_shot_neilpryde.jpg Tumbleweed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaccelari Posted April 8, 2014 Share oh, i know this is off topic, but allow me to show you why the brand is so awesome(i really do need one of their bikes). this is Jason Polakow taking on Jaws. He's got his own brand within the NP stable(or something like that). Would love to see this oke shred a downhill bike with kahunas like this, it's very hard to like an aussie but we can all make exceptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZFGC6cWAY oh, and the Neil Pryde RS:X is going to be the windsurfer class for the Rio olympics again.http://www.continentseven.com/c7/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rsx_racing_shot_neilpryde.jpgSeems amazing a company like that should take **** from a cr@ppy little outfit like SSpecialized... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted April 8, 2014 Share IMo the Neil Pryde brand is better established and represents great integrity than SSpeciliased ever could be. If I should ever ride the Epic again I will need to screen potential team mates to ensure they're not SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fork-it Posted April 8, 2014 Share Yep - but why wait at least 4 years until complaining? I heard (not verifiable, unfortunately) that NeilPryde have been using the name for much longer... Also valid :-)I do however not know why wait so long. There may be endless reasons. Foreign IP law is somewhat different, I am still looking for a more detailed article on this. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted April 8, 2014 Share The SS took a conscious decision in 2012 to go after anything that could potentially confuse their branded product with something else. the only similarity between a Allez and an Alize is that they both start with Al... I gues to an American that is enought to confuse. For the rest of the English speaking world its obvious there is no confusion. Even asked a Chinese neighbour the other day about whether this would be confusing"no a fluck, wo word velly diflent! he exclaimed. "Chinaman speak velly velly goo Ingrish you knaw!" I believe him yet SS sees it differently. So would you trust a compnay that cannot tell the difference between words to be designing your bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted April 8, 2014 Share IMo the Neil Pryde brand is better established and represents great integrity than SSpeciliased ever could be. If I should ever ride the Epic again I will need to screen potential team mates to ensure they're not SSthis is GoLefty! everytime anything spesh comes up on the radar. http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/california-norcal/854290d1386875048-specialized-has-reached-new-low-roubaix-pigs-haters-gonna-hate-thug-barbi-bike1.jpg edit: he entered another post whilst I was writing this, which galvanises my point further Edited April 8, 2014 by Shebeen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaccelari Posted April 8, 2014 Share this is GoLefty! everytime anything spesh comes up on the radar. http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/california-norcal/854290d1386875048-specialized-has-reached-new-low-roubaix-pigs-haters-gonna-hate-thug-barbi-bike1.jpg edit: he entered another post whilst I was writing this, which galvanises my point furtherBut you have to admit SSpecialized are making a good job of it! Tumbleweed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted April 8, 2014 Share But you have to admit SSpecialized are making a good job of it!indeed, roubaix schmoobay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev null Posted April 8, 2014 Share So then if I design a bike and call it Ruby I will be in trouble? These guys crack me up. I am now also a Spez Hater! Let's start a club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 8, 2014 Share American culture and its war on anything that's possible.This is just the corporate kind. *face palm* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcjim Posted April 9, 2014 Share What about the Specialized Toupe (an advert in the classifieds reminded me) - surely wigmakers everywhere should be quaking in their boots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted April 9, 2014 Share So then if I design a bike and call it Ruby I will be in trouble? These guys crack me up. I am now also a Spez Hater! Let's start a club. Remember that big hoo-haa when people thought T-mobile were trying to copyright the word "Magenta"? http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/know-your-rights-does-t-mobile-really-own-magenta/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted April 9, 2014 Share What about the Specialized Toupe (an advert in the classifieds reminded me) - surely wigmakers everywhere should be quaking in their boots! Imagine someone released a Merkin… cfcjim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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