More deets on the Tiger Direct lawsuit: catfight!

So a few more relevant details spill out regarding the Tiger suit (we've been waiting to get that one in). Tiger Direct isn't asking Apple to yank boxes of Mac OS X 10.4 off the shelves this evening (nor a nationwide manhunt for any of the
boxes delivered early) — what they want is for Apple to forget the word "Tiger" ever existed. The injunction they call for would have Apple take down all "Tiger" references from its web site, advertisements, all promotional materials, boxes, manuals, and software, as well as issue a press release that basically says "we're very sorry we ever even thought of using the word 'Tiger' to describe our operating system," and that the press do the same. Gee, that would be a lot of promotion flying around for Tiger Direct,
now wouldn't it. The preliminary hearing is slated for May 3, so we probably won't know too much more before then. And no matter how ridiculous the suit may sound, in legalese-speak both companies do have "tiger"-related trademarks, so never underestimate the power of law to completely confound us all. Remember — OJ walked. We could all be using Mac OS
10.4 Snow Leopard next week.

[Thanks, Joshua]