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Fujitsu Readies Lawsuit Over "iPad" Name
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."
Oh wow, I didn't even see that obvious name. They really fucked up considering the plural of their other main product is "Macs" - Macs iPad. (Or Mac's iPad)
Muahahahaha! That's great!
I can understand it if there's a chance that someone might be confused between the Apple iPad or the Fujitsu iPad, but that's not likely to happen. Yeah, they're both portable, use batteries, and have plastic cases and digital screens, but there's pretty much where the similarities end. Oh, and one is so like ten years ago that most people wouldn't have even thought of it much less confused it.
Can we stop the stoopid litigations so that people can focus on doing things to make money, instead of suing each other for it. Oh, wait...first we must get rid of all of the lawyers...insert favorite lawyer joke here...
And Apple should have just done us a favor and called it the "iPod Jumbo" and been done with it.
End the FUD
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