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Fujitsu Readies Lawsuit Over "iPad" Name

Posted by timothy on from the walt-disney's-lesson dept.

gyrogeerloose writes "In an event eerily reminiscent of Cisco's suit over Apple's use of the 'iPhone' name, Japanese firm Fujitsu is consulting its attorneys in preparation for going to court over Apple's use of 'iPad' for its latest computing device. Quoted in a New York Times story, Masahiro Yamane, director of Fujitsu's public relations division, said 'It's our understanding that the name is ours.' Fujitsu's application to trademark the iPad name stalled because of an earlier filing by another company and the US Patent and Trademark Office listed Fujitsu's application as abandoned in early 2009, but the company revived its application in June. Apple, which has applied for an international trademark on 'iPad' through a proxy company, has filed a number of requests with the US Patent Office for more time to oppose Fujitsu's application."

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  1. Really now guys... by Rewind · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate to let you two know, but... well, that name is terrible. Then again iPod and Walkman didn't exactly sound great when they first came out either. WAIT! Maybe that is the secret of good marketing! A terrible name. Quickly to the iInventadrome!

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  2. Better name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple should call it "MacsiPad" instead to both avoid a lawsuit and appeal to female consumers.

    1. Re:Better name by odin84gk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or skip G3 and use WiMax, so you can get the WiMax iPad

    2. Re:Better name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apple should call it "MacsiPad" instead to both avoid a lawsuit and appeal to female consumers.

      It can be done. It will require some adjustments to their accounting. They may have to wait for their next period. Then again, you never know if it's that time of the month of their cycle and they can make adjustments the books without bleeding red. The shareholders would be quite crabby if their earnings don't flow as usual.

    3. Re:Better name by harmonise · · Score: 4, Funny

      Apple should call it "MacsiPad" instead to both avoid a lawsuit and appeal to female consumers.

      Here's the first commercial for it.

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    4. Re:Better name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...and this is why slash dotters don't have girlfriends.

      no. I dont have girlfriends because my wife wont let me.

  3. Moses has dibs on the Tablet... by genghisjahn · · Score: 5, Funny

    As in stone tablets for all you FSM heretics that never went to Sunday school. However, even with a young earth, it should have entered the public domain by now.

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  4. Apple please change the name... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think I'm manly enough to appear in public with the iPad for Women. In fact, I might sue Apple for reminding me of my childhood trauma of being dragged into that particular aisle of the grocery store by my mother.

    1. Re:Apple please change the name... by Kral_Blbec · · Score: 5, Funny

      You are really worried about appearing manly while using an Apple product? Kind of a lost cause at that point anyway.

    2. Re:Apple please change the name... by ClosedSource · · Score: 4, Funny

      "It's a win-win."

      Until you roll over in bed some morning and wonder what the hell that sticky red stuff is on your face.

  5. Mom?! Is That You?? by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many times has dad told you that you mustn't drink and post on slashdot...?

  6. Re:welp by adisakp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ipad as a name is about as bad as it can get for apple, due to all the jokes and the SNL skit. Is itablet also trademarked?

    It's actually a MAD TV Skit

  7. iFlatThingWithoutAKeyboard by jgagnon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that name is available.

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  8. Re:Double trademark trolls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It also makes more sense for intel to use it considering their name beings with that letter.

    I don't even want to know what the iBM is.

  9. Re:Am I the only one? by Camann · · Score: 3, Funny

    Okay, iPoop is coming out.

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  10. Crowdsourcing new name by KumquatOfSolace · · Score: 3, Funny

    iScry
    iPon
    iBigger
    iViddy
    iDiddy
    iWantOne
    iCantBelieveItsNotActuallyUsefulForAnything
    iDroppedItLikeTwoDaysAfterIBoughtIt
    iThinkItLooksGreatOnMyCoffeeTable
    iBoughtANewCoffeeTableJustForIt

  11. Re:welp by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 4, Funny

    News at 11: Not everyone finds the same things funny.
    Up next: Do different people prefer different colors?

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  12. Re:welp by kaffiene · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wondering... has it ever occurred to you that you might be a geek?

  13. Re:welp by dakameleon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Twitter can be used as a sort of meta-aggregate. I can subscribe to the EFF, slashdot, techdirt, boing boing, michael geist, etc. and get all the headlines on one page, rather than navigating through several different websites. when something sounds interesting, I click it and go straight to the article. It is a time saver.

    Back in my day, we had to use these rickety old things RSS Readers, and we liked it. Ah, how I miss 2008.

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