Judge allows plan for Intel to reanimate McAfee. The brand, we mean The tech world's equivalent of Jarndyce and Jarndyce rolled back into a New York Court last week, with a judge refusing to grant John McAfee an injunction blocking Intel from transferring trademark rights to the name McAfee to a proposed cyber-security spin-off. Intel bought the name "McAfee" when it bought McAfee Associates …
John McAfee is the only guy in iT that isn't boring. I don't care if he wins or loses, I admire that he challenges the established order with a presence.
Correction, I hope he wins. Intel should of disolved this "security" suite, not try and flip it on someone else. Besides, Intel needs a fight, they've been nickle and diming people for too long. Tick, Tock? How about Tick, Tock, BOOM!
Don't name the company after yourself UNLESS you want to be associated with it for your lifetime (which is a VERY long time). Pick something easily removed from your name, like "Traf-o-data" or some such.
for size, pointlessness and duration, was Apple vs Samsung, and that the McAfee thing was more like when Mick Fleetwood had to sue to regain the name rights to Fleetwood Mac.
Except that Fleetwood Mac is, like, awesome but McAfee brand software sucks.
"The chip giant has plans to spin off a cyber-security firm called McAfee that involve selling a 51 per cent stake in the new business to a private equity firm."
I don't understand. John wants to use the brand name again, Intel want to sell it, why shouldn't he just out bid the asset stripper, er sorry, the private equity firm ?
Assuming he wisely invested the money he got when he first sold McAfee and Associates ? I cannot imagine the value of the brand has gone up .....
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