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nvidia is copying intel i7 960-970-980 names for the gpu ?

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I know that CPU names are very different from GPU line, but dont you think if intel is money hungry, they would want to sue nvidia for their new gtx line gtx 960 gtx 970 gtx 980 ? Dont think im stupid but could they do that ?

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They could not do that, because NVIDIA is in a totally different market and those names are not trademarks of Intel, they're not even names really.

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They could not do that, because NVIDIA is in a totally different market and those names are not trademarks of Intel, they're not even names really.

I know that but they could clame, people will get confused ?

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=_= really?.. It's not like they added "i" in there naming...

No... They are not copying Intel... And no Intel won't sue Nvidia... Geez

Its just a question, no need to get mad bro.

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We've seen CPU and GPU model numbers used on both sides, multiple times even

 

Take the Nvidia 8600 GT and the Intel Core 2 Duo 8600 for example

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I know that but they could clame, people will get confused ?

Intel aren't a bunch of buttholes, they wouldn't try to scam people

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omg look its the new Nvidia gti7 980! xD

 

I highly doubt they are copying the names, they would have hit the 900s even if they didn't skip the 800s eventually.

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I'm fairly certain that it's impossible to copyright a standard 3-digit number...

 

If Nvidia directly copied the i7 branding and logo style, then Intel might be annoyed, but just because one company has a number in a product name doesn't mean that no one can ever say that number ever again..

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The NVIDIA i7 980? I'd buy that. :P

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i7-970 with a GTX 970, they go together like a hotdog does with ketchup. 

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The 900 series processors were sold in like 2008 so they are a bit late be copying them.

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By this logic, AMD should sue Intel for naming their iGPUs with HD xxxx, a similar naming scheme to the Radeon HD series...

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So, does that mean Intel also will sue AMD for their 970 chipset?

 

Sole numbers cannot be trademarked.

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Sole numbers cannot be trademarked.

Actually they can.  The Porsche 911 was going to be called the 901, but Peugeot already had trademarked numbers with a "0" in the middle.

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Intel don't have copyrights on the numbers. The Core i_ brand is what they own.

 

In the same way the Q6600 and 6600GT could co-exist.

 

If nVidia went and named their GPU the GeForce GTX i7970. Then we'd have problems.

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Just so you know there was a GTX 285 way back in 2008 or 2009.  

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I know that CPU names are very different from GPU line, but dont you think if intel is money hungry, they would want to sue nvidia for their new gtx line gtx 960 gtx 970 gtx 980 ? Dont think im stupid but could they do that ?

only a number no big deal 

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