▲ 1949 ▼ France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials (numerique.gouv.fr) submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 233 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 6 points 6 months ago (4 children) Who tells them that "Visio" is already a trademark? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] motogo@feddit.dk 9 points 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 months ago Trademarks don't matter when it's only for internal use. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AGD4@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) By Microsoft, no less. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago I'm 100% in favor of this. Erode that trademark! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Probably not an enforceable trademark in France. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doublenom@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) It is, and I genuinely worry that Microsoft will bitch about it. https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/detail/FR500000098727661 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] motogo@feddit.dk 9 points 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 months ago Trademarks don't matter when it's only for internal use. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AGD4@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) By Microsoft, no less. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago I'm 100% in favor of this. Erode that trademark! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago I'm 100% in favor of this. Erode that trademark! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Probably not an enforceable trademark in France. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doublenom@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) It is, and I genuinely worry that Microsoft will bitch about it. https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/detail/FR500000098727661 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doublenom@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) It is, and I genuinely worry that Microsoft will bitch about it. https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/detail/FR500000098727661 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent