Intel Also Wants to Set "Netbook" Free
It seems that Dell isn’t the only one looking to strip Psion of its “netbook” trademark. Now Intel’s part of the liberation party.
The Courthouse News hosts a copy of the legal filing from Intel (PDF) with a complaint against Psion for its apparent trademarked term of “netbook.” Intel states that the term “netbook” is now adopted by consumers to refer to notebook computers that are “small, inexpensive, and contain less processing power, making them optimal for connecting to the internet (or ‘net’).”
Intel believes that the term “netbook” is now generic and that the court should cancel Psion’s trademark.
With the likes of computer giants Intel and Dell so motivated free the term “netbook” from the grips of Psion, one has to figure that it’s only a matter of time.
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Bah this is Bullocks! They get a copyright on the phrase, it's a recent flash-in-the-pan coinage. Suddenly they have no rights to royalties b/c other competition cannot adopt a better/more catchy MARKETING slogan for their hardware? This is near legal-based extortion/bullying. "Netbook" is completely new, it hasn't had a chance to even exist long enough to suddenly adopt this new nomenclature being forced upon it. I work in a major city for the city's largest employer and nobody calls them "netbooks," nor has even heard of them until recently.
What a fraud...
The company that owns the trademark never really did anything with it, and isnt doing anything now.