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Dell Accuses Psion of "Fraud" Over Netbook

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-mine-now dept.

Barence writes "Dell has issued court papers in the US, accusing Psion of fraudulently laying claim to the term netbook. Psion sent out warning letters late last year to PC manufacturers, retailers and bloggers alike, asking them to stop using the term netbook, which the company registered as a trademark in the late 1990s. But in a Petition for Cancellation of Psion's trademark, the PC manufacturer accuses Psion of abandoning the term and fraudulently claiming it was still in use. 'Psion is not currently offering laptop computers under the Netbook trademark,' Dell's petition claims. The petition also claims that Psion made false statements about its use of the term Netbook in a sworn declaration to the US Trademark Office."

3 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. petition, petation by deathguppie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is it that when I make a petition it takes thousands of signatures.. but when a lawyer makes a petition it just takes him??

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    once more into the breach
  2. Re:Netbook, netbook, netbook by unlametheweak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know, it always happens. I say something honest and insightful, then somebody who has an agenda will mark my comment a Troll, and then I will make a comment about the biased and unfair moderation, which will in turn be down moderated. It's a treadmill. When will Moderators stop acting like corporations and start acting mature.

  3. Re:Netbook, netbook, netbook by NemoinSpace · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Posters like unlametheweak will go out of their way to market themselves into irrelevance. These posters don't like being at the top, so they will do everything possible to get themselves modded down. I don't know why. I suppose they like commenting on their own posts.

    There, fixed that for ya.

    Hmmm. couldn't get my strikethrough html with to work. anyone know why?