Do you have the droit™?

[blastfromthepast]

Do you have the droit™?

[Giant]

Originally Posted by blastfromthepast

Do you have the droit™?

Excellent trademark!

[gammascalper]

I found myself saying this yesterday. I love it.

[Giant]

You can help people understand what legal rights are, whether they can sell CHINA, and help them protect their fortune. But most importantly, you can make them laugh before they pay you legal fees.

[gammascalper]

Originally Posted by Giant

You can help people understand what legal rights are, whether they can sell CHINA, and help them protect their fortune. But most importantly, you can make them laugh before they pay you legal fees.

Yes -- you can help them get the droit!

[thefabfive]

Alas, I don't have the droit. It seems 'droit' was registered in 1996. That's some forward thinking IDNer!

I still laugh every time I think of "you don't have the droit." Classic.

[blastfromthepast]

Originally Posted by china jeeper

Your name is Hua Zhang?
I think you are a chinese,and me too.
I don't think it is right that you sale 首都北京.com.
Beijing is we Capital, We can't sale it,you don't have the droit!!!

This word from Law French, an archaic language based on Norman and Anglo-Norman, used in some form even today in the Law Courts of England (and Courts in the United States), also appears in the motto of the British Monarch, "Dieu et mon droit".

Dieu et mon droit (French for God and my right) has generally been used as the motto of the British monarch since it was adopted by Henry V (1413-1422). Originally it was spelled Dieut et mon droict, the early Modern French spelling, but later the 'c' in "droict" was taken out in accordance with present French orthography. To this day, this motto is emblazoned on the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.

A French motto rather than English was chosen because the English language had only recently replaced French as the language of the English ruling classes. Henry spoke French and had been crowned King of France as well as of England.

The phrase was allegedly first used as a password by King Richard I in 1198 at the Battle of Gisors, when he defeated the forces Philip II of France. Its meaning was that Richard owed his royalty to no power other than God and his own heredity, and was therefore subject to no earthly power or other monarch. This can be taken as a direct reference to the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings.

Dieu et mon droit was the inspiration for The Beatles joke motto Duit On Mon Dei, later adopted as an album title by Harry Nilsson.

References:
http://www.cafepress.com/droit.58565681
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieu_et_mon_droit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_French


I sent a PM to China Jeeper asking him if he has the droit. He says he also doesn't have it. You aren't alone fab.

Originally Posted by thefabfive

Alas, I don't have the droit. It seems 'droit' was registered in 1996. That's some forward thinking IDNer!

Google 126,000,000 for droit!

[mulligan]

I have only twelvty five droit, which equals 1 duit and 5 droit
(Twelvety droit to a duit)

If 50,000 droit will buy you Taipei then how many cups of coffee can I get for my twelvty five droit?

Answers on a postcard please.

[gammascalper]

If thefabfive had the droit, he would push the enable button for the popunders!

[thefabfive]

Google 126,000,000 for droit!

Someone's definitely got the droit!

I'm guessing France... or do they only THINK they have the droit?

[huronargentino]

Am i stupid if i dont know what are you talking about?

[Giant]

Originally Posted by thefabfive

Someone's definitely got the droit!

I'm guessing France... or do they only THINK they have the droit?

French people certainly have the droit, but it's other people (especially English speakers) 's fault to think that ONLY French owns the droit. We have rights!

[thefabfive]

Blast, you should make some t-shirts with slogans like:

"What gives you the droit?"

"Two wrongs don't make a droit"

"You have the droit to remain silent"

[blastfromthepast]

Originally Posted by thefabfive

Blast, you should make some t-shirts with slogans like:

"What gives you the droit?"

"Two wrongs don't make a droit"

"You have the droit to remain silent"

Will do.

[dabsi]

I know hundreds of free french IDN with the 'droit problem'. Don't try to take them wherever you are. It's expensive, very expensive.

The first lawyer letter costs 3500 Euro.....

DABSI

[Drewbert]

Confucius say person who register French droit name using registrant address in France need to swap druit for jar of vaseline.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by dabsi

I know hundreds of free french IDN with the 'droit problem'. Don't try to take them wherever you are. It's expensive, very expensive.

The first lawyer letter costs 3500 Euro.....

DABSI

More bollocks. It won't cost you a penny if you decide not to fight it. Any legal challenge will only affect your pocket if you decide to contest it. If they claim the name and you give it to them then they have no case. Yes, it doesn't make sense spending thousands of TM name, but there is no reason to loose sleep over reg fee.

The onus of defending a TM is on the TM holder. If he doesn't make a challenge there is no problem. There is only a problem once he has served notice.

[china jeeper]

Oh my god! I had not thought it has so big echo.
"you don't have the droit!!!"

[touchring]

I may sound ignorant, but what's the big deal of the word "droit", isn't it a Starwars invented word?

[blastfromthepast]

Originally Posted by touchring

I may sound ignorant, but what's the big deal of the word "droit", isn't it a Starwars invented word?

It sounds funny in English. See my post above above for etymology.