Jamie Shelden <>
writes:

Am I missing something here Davis? Why on earth would the FAI be
bothering you about the name of a competition with which you have no
affiliation, control, influence, etc.? Why would they not simply contact the
meet organizer directly. I can't imagine harassing a magazine, for instance, for
reporting on the name of a new product. How could the publishers of a magazine
stop the trademark infringement (if there even was any) and better yet, why
should they care or even try to stop it. It's not their problem!


Do you think the attorneys that represent RIM in their trademark infringement
suit over the BLACKBERRY/BLACKJACK first went to the magazines, newspapers and
online forums where people were reporting about the new BLACKJACK phone? Of
course not! What are they going to do about it?


Although I have been cc'd on several messages between you and various
representatives of the FAI, they don't seem to want to contact me directly. I
find it downright strange.


I would love to know how you managed to make these people believe that you have
so much influence over the rest of us ;-)

Max Bishop <>
writes:

In answer to your question about what your responsibilities as
Worlds Director might be, of course we would never suggest that you should not
make public the fact of the existence of this meet. That would be absurd. But in
my view, having taken on this job, you have a duty that goes beyond your
journalistic duty - namely, to point out to your readers that the use of the
name "World Championship" for the Flytec competition is unauthorised and
inappropriate. "Noblesse oblige"!

My response to Max was:

I often treat my readers as though they have actual intelligence
and can figure these things out for themselves with me not having to treat them
as grade schoolers. :-)

Max writes:

I'm highly flattered to be promoted in Oz Report, but I'm only the
Secretary General of the FAI. Pierre Portmann is the President - he's elected by
the General Conference, I'm just the hired hand.