Cease and resist
Update: Only one person recognized the G.W. Bush signature? 
on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008, 4:17 pm in Blog, Holidays, Humor, Law › 
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Extremely lame. I wonder if they’ve taken a look at the content of the site before going corporate. I hope a reasonable solution can be reached. We support you.
It’s about time somebody put an end to this blatant theft of intellectual property.
Funny
Why did you stop with their piddly wordmark? You should’ve gone all out and stolen something that makes real cash, like Photoshop.
Lamest. Pirate. Ever.
Dewey Cheatem? Is Mr. Howe a partner at the firm?
Well, you people sure are supportive. I suppose finding someone with legal expertise would be too much to ask.
I’ve enabled comment moderation until tomorrow so I can get ahold of myself.
Seems like Adobe would have a real claim against Google, because Google goes in and caches people’s pdf files “See as HTML”, which then become plain text, somewhat defeating the purpose of pdf-ing them in the first place.
I always thought they were represented by the law firm of Dewey, Cheathem and Howe. I didn’t know it was one guy.
I vote we start a petition to boycott Adobe products. Isnt there some desi bigshot out there at adobe. How about getting him engaged.
Just blows my mind they could be so cheap as to come after you. What’s next - they’ll sue some laundry detergent for using Ultrawhite. sheesh!!!
Down Down Adobe! What a bunch of wankers.
Shantanu Narayen is the CEO. And Seetharaman Narayanan shows up on the Photoshop splash screen.
Anyone got ideas for a new blog name? It’s sad it would even come to this.
I saw take the fuckers to court and drag it out for a few years. If all else fails, take off your clothes when you are the stand and tell
them you’re really Shirley McLaine.
There’s no such thing as bad publicity!
Is this the same lawyer representing Woody Allen in that suit against American Apparel?
What date is it today?
What? Is this an April Fool’s joke? I am SO over April 1st.
is it April 1st?
Honestly, I never even heard of Ultra Brown software until today. How can Adobe to mix up software with a web site. Idiots.
Dont give up yet… Keep the flame burning long and deep into the night. Fight the good fight!! Adobe may have some legal brutes on their side, but we have truth and honor on ours. We shall defeat the forces of darkness who’re putting out your light. with you for the long haul man!!
Speaking of blog names - how about “ADOBEisapieceofshit.com”.
just add an umlaut to the u and send them a sweet letter saying, sorry folks, didn’t know it was out there but let us all now co-exist in peace. it’s stupid as hell but i’m too cynical to believe taking on adobe in court is a reasonable idea.
erm..guys, it’s april 1st!
haha, good one. did no one else really catch on? or i guess that’s why you’re moderating comments. and that’s george bush’s signature too! =)
You had it coming man. In my book the rights of corporations always come first.
Incidentally, what happened to their other lawyer Mr.Howe?
It just breaks my heart, as it does I am sure of all of the readers hear, to read that line. After all the time you’ve spent building this up, to see this all trampled underfoot by the jackbooted thugs from Adobe - it boils my blood to even think of it. Even if you give up on the web site, I just want to say one thing. Like the rose whose aroma stays in the room long after its petals have lost the fight, your aroma will stay on long into the blogosphere. Like the rose that has been trampled brutally underfoot, you Manish Vij, have left your petals in the cached space of Google that will give off a delicate odor long after the name Ultrabrown has been absorbed into Adobe. We stand in solidarity with you man!
And here I thought it was an April Fool joke!
“Ultra Brown, which is the new black”
“By PDF”
“Form..Rhyming Sestet”
“intellectual onanism”
“ceasing your lubricatory acts” (hee)
and the topper (the Car Talk guys own counsel!!!), “Dewey Cheathem”
Very nice.
April Fool !
Me thinks Manish is trying to fool all of us..April fools day right Manish..
:D
isnt Dewey cheatem a fictonal law firm ..I dont know why I feel like Manish is fooling us..no matter what Manish, we all love u and will support u even if u are fooling us or this is true..u always have my vote and support
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey,_Cheatem_&_Howe
I can’t work out which of them bit and which ones played along…
I thought Adobe’s legal firm was Dewey, Cheatham and Howe?
khoofia wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, but what will we do if he’s already married ? Does your sinister plan also entail breaking up his marriage and then finding a suitable girl for him to get engaged to.
That’s one khoofia plan IMO.
Sorry you have to deal with this kind of nonsense
I think you should change the name to ultrabrovn…
Happy April Fools!
C’mon Guys, Get yer thinkin’ caps on:
1: Ultra Brown which is the New Black
2: De Wey Cheat Em
What do I win, Manish?
Wait - am I the only one who knows what day it is today?
Very funny!
OMG. I am SO mortified.
O penguin, take me away - as Anne Murray would sing.
Haha!
No wonder my comment disappeared…
Other giveways…
Adoobie..
logo with Maple leaf..
and the biggest one of all…..the date on the letter :-)
That’s not a maple leaf, bruv!
Manish, you have to try this tea i just had-i am seeing things, leaves and all ;) Phenomenal Adoobie :-D
maple leaf …h aha.
is this what they call it these days ;) ?