Hatem’s Diaries

This is the first clone that really make mad today, I took the screenshot below from a website called phpmagazine.org which is simply stealing phpmagazine.net logo. If you visit the website it may take you in confusion, I don’t care for the layout design, menus and the way it’s organized but please don’t steal our logo !! I send a message via their contact page, and hope to have an answer because seriously I don’t want to make a legal case, but I will!

The logo in question was created in April 2006 by Rob, and you can find the new phpmagazine.net logo announcement here

Update : the DNS point to a certain CEOTEX.com website, and with some luck the whois isn’t protected. The domain owner is a certain Maher Ahmed, from Egypt. It’s almost 1am here, and I’m really tired, hungry, and sleepy but expect a call from me tomorrow morning inchallah.

Domain name: CEOTEX.COM

Registrant Contact:
   Racku, Inc.
   Maher Ahmed (maher2day@yahoo.com)
   136 Algomhuria Street
   Mansoura, NA 35516
   EG
   +1.20104800485
   Fax:+1.20104800485

Update : I called today Maher Ahmed, who confirmed that he own the domain name and the website. He told me that the design is temporary and it’s going to be changed.

I can confirm that it’s difficult to do something legal in such cases, but there is lots of alternatives from closing the domain, hosting account and so on. Since hosting company is US based, laws are very strict, and it’s mentioned with details in TOS. But it’s always better to resolve it a l’amiable.

Update 2 : I checked today the link, the logo have been removed and replaced with another one. Issue resolved.

Apple didn’t wait to announce its new mobile phone on macworld iPhone in spite of the trademark issue, Cisco also didn’t wait and has already filed a lawsuit against Apple for trademark infringement. iPhone is a registered trademark of Cisco, and it looks like Apple didn’t get an agreement with Cisco and their negotiations failed as Cisco lawyers announced in this blog post :

So, I was surprised and disappointed when Apple decided to go ahead and announce their new product with our trademarked name without reaching an agreement. It was essentially the equivalent of “we’re too busy.” Despite being very close to an agreement, we had no substantive communication from Apple after 8pm Monday, including after their launch, when we made clear we expected closure. What were the issues at the table that kept us from an agreement? Was it money? No. Was it a royalty on every Apple phone? No. Was it an exchange for Cisco products or services? No.

I don’t know what is happening to Apple, but this is the second negative point they got for their new iPhone before its public release, and who knows when this will be.