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I assume, given this is associated with Microsoft, an arrangement has been made with Marvel to avoid the same cease & desist received by the previous Jarvis in

by alvah 4y ago

I assume, given this is associated with Microsoft, an arrangement has been made with Marvel to avoid the same cease & desist received by the previous Jarvis in the AI field (now named Jasper, previously Conversion.ai)

sandworm101 4y ago
Unless jarvis comes from something older. Jarvis may be a computer name from early scifi. Disney might not own it any more than they do "Thor".
- easton 4y ago
  Named after Edwin Jarvis, Tony Stark’s butler in the comics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Jarvis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Jarvis
  - sandworm101 4y ago
    Thats how disney uses the name. It might be prior art in some other work. For instance, light sabers are not owned by disney because they were a very old scifi concept. So today, anyone can make and sell lightsabers without issue. Jarvis might also have deeper history than comic bookes. Most comics book characters and names do. Ex. Gothem and Arkham are not owned by batman, or whoever owns batman today. They were taken from prior works. Arkham comes from Lovecraft. Even the concept of Arkham as an asylum first appeared in lovecraft. "Gothem" famously came from a jewelery store ad. Technically, anyone is free to write about an Arkham Asylum in a city called Gothem without ever asking batman for permission.
    - smoldesu 4y ago
      Clearly it's a reference to seminal Two Cities character Jarvis Lorry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Lorry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Lorry
- tootie 4y ago
  Jarvis is just a real English name. Lots of people named Jarvis. Jarvis Cocker and Jarvis Landry off the top of my head.
- alvah 4y ago
  They sent a C&D to the proprietors of Jarvis.ai, which was taken sufficiently seriously for them to rename their company (for the second time in 6 months).
crazysim 4y ago
I do hope they rename it, if at least for SEO reasons. It's such a PITA to search for right now.

by alvah 4y ago

sandworm101 4y ago

Unless jarvis comes from something older. Jarvis may be a computer name from early scifi. Disney might not own it any more than they do "Thor".

easton 4y ago
Named after Edwin Jarvis, Tony Stark’s butler in the comics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Jarvis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Jarvis
- sandworm101 4y ago
  Thats how disney uses the name. It might be prior art in some other work. For instance, light sabers are not owned by disney because they were a very old scifi concept. So today, anyone can make and sell lightsabers without issue. Jarvis might also have deeper history than comic bookes. Most comics book characters and names do. Ex. Gothem and Arkham are not owned by batman, or whoever owns batman today. They were taken from prior works. Arkham comes from Lovecraft. Even the concept of Arkham as an asylum first appeared in lovecraft. "Gothem" famously came from a jewelery store ad. Technically, anyone is free to write about an Arkham Asylum in a city called Gothem without ever asking batman for permission.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    Clearly it's a reference to seminal Two Cities character Jarvis Lorry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Lorry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Lorry
tootie 4y ago
Jarvis is just a real English name. Lots of people named Jarvis. Jarvis Cocker and Jarvis Landry off the top of my head.
alvah 4y ago
They sent a C&D to the proprietors of Jarvis.ai, which was taken sufficiently seriously for them to rename their company (for the second time in 6 months).

crazysim 4y ago

I do hope they rename it, if at least for SEO reasons. It's such a PITA to search for right now.