NetMix Player Takes the Grunts Out of Wimbledon
June 30th, 2011
I happen to think watching tennis is right up there with watching golf and watching paint dry. The sports might be fun to play, but watching them on TV leaves me in a bored stupor. I also don’t care for watching soccer on TV, but I do recall when the World Cup was going on all those fans who brought out those noisy Vuvuzela horns. There were some apps out there that would cut the sound of those horns from the game for you.
I guess the tennis-playing version of those annoying horns are the grunts and groans of the players as they bash that little ball around. If you like to watch Wimbledon, but you don’t like to listen to the grunts over the top of the commentary, an experimental video player has landed just for you that will only work while the Wimbledon tournament is going.
The NetMix player is cool because it has a slider that will let you choose how much of the court sounds and grunting you hear and how much of the commentary you hear. Unfortunately, the app will only stream the big matches from Center Court at the stadium, but at least it works for both Windows and Mac users.
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As long as this player is available to U.S. users, Fraunhofer is infringing on the U.S. Trademark for “netmix” for use in conjunction with streaming audio and web casting. We have contacted the company to inform them of their infringement by email through their website.
Word Mark NETMIX
Goods and Services IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: On-line retail store services featuring downloadable pre-recorded music and video. FIRST USE: 20051215. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20051215
IC 038. US 100 101 104. G & S: Communications services, namely, transmitting streamed sound and audio-visual recordings via the Internet. FIRST USE: 19951215. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19951215
Mark Drawing Code (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code 16.01.05 – Albums, record; Compact discs (CDs); Digital versatile discs or digital video discs (DVDs); DVDs; Phonograph records; Record albums; Records, phonograph
16.01.07 – Head phones; Headphones; Headsets; Microphones
24.15.04 – Arrowheads
Trademark Search Facility Classification Code ART-16.01 Telecommunications and sound recording or reproduction equipment
ART-24.15 Arrows
SHAPES-BAR-BANDS Designs with bar, bands or lines
Serial Number 78893639
Filing Date May 26, 2006
Current Filing Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Published for Opposition June 16, 2009
Registration Number 3676517
Registration Date September 1, 2009
Owner (REGISTRANT) Zeoli, Anthony P INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 44 Milburn St #2504 Bronxville NEW YORK 10708
Description of Mark Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of an animated depiction of a phonograph recording with computer mouse pointer at its center wearing stereo headphones.
Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL-2(F)
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE