Actually contacted Psion about this issue-here's what I sent:
I'm quite concerned over your firm's recent cease and desist notices to several websites about netbooks because although there is a trademark registrations for that name, it's commonly used to refer to small laptops that run Linux or Windows.
I suggest that you reconsider and respect this growing segment by not letting your legal firm sending out such notices to sites that are about small laptops that run Linux or Windows caled "netbooks"-it's harming these site owners and the industry for these.
If you continue to assert your rights to the term, other sites and makers of these low-cost laptops will have no choice but to stop using "netbook" and find a alternative term to describe these.
So-I would expect Psion-Teklogix to reply saying they don't want people referring to small and low-cost laptops as netbooks.
If the site used netbook explicity-then Psion would have the right to send c&d's, if it was netbooks (do they have a trademark on the plural word netbooks?)-then not.
Apparently the DMCA compliant states that CoreAVC did include copyrighted software:
"We have directly verified by downloading the file from the Site provided by Google Inc. that the file does include CoreCodec's copyrighted Software."
I agree.
They redistributed copyrighted updates from Microsoft-without any permission.
Could Apple shut down my Babya Logic, because it uses one of their names?
No-as I have the source code.
I think US millitary get use these types of technologies-it reminds me of GPS-that was originally setup by the Department of Defence-DoD. And USFIF and DAFIF are another mil-only things that come to mind.
Again, if you want good reception-consumers probably won't get anything close to what Alcatel-Lucent is offering government customers.
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Actually contacted Psion about this issue-here's what I sent: I'm quite concerned over your firm's recent cease and desist notices to several websites about netbooks because although there is a trademark registrations for that name, it's commonly used to refer to small laptops that run Linux or Windows. I suggest that you reconsider and respect this growing segment by not letting your legal firm sending out such notices to sites that are about small laptops that run Linux or Windows caled "netbooks"-it's harming these site owners and the industry for these. If you continue to assert your rights to the term, other sites and makers of these low-cost laptops will have no choice but to stop using "netbook" and find a alternative term to describe these. So-I would expect Psion-Teklogix to reply saying they don't want people referring to small and low-cost laptops as netbooks. If the site used netbook explicity-then Psion would have the right to send c&d's, if it was netbooks (do they have a trademark on the plural word netbooks?)-then not.
Babya is doing away with all kind of liceneses-even freeware for our software. That's one step above Mozilla-we're upping the ante on all companies
Apparently the DMCA compliant states that CoreAVC did include copyrighted software: "We have directly verified by downloading the file from the Site provided by Google Inc. that the file does include CoreCodec's copyrighted Software."
It's a bit sad to see one ODF group close down, but at least we still have the ODF aalliance.
I agree. They redistributed copyrighted updates from Microsoft-without any permission. Could Apple shut down my Babya Logic, because it uses one of their names? No-as I have the source code.
Second Life would be a game I play on my island.
How did Wired obtain the confidential military document? Was it under FOI?
I think US millitary get use these types of technologies-it reminds me of GPS-that was originally setup by the Department of Defence-DoD. And USFIF and DAFIF are another mil-only things that come to mind. Again, if you want good reception-consumers probably won't get anything close to what Alcatel-Lucent is offering government customers.