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Psion settles situation above the n phrase, netbook
The danger to well-liked 'netbook' term has ended with Psion declaring that it'll "voluntarily withdraw all of its trademark registrations"
Psion, the British firm founded by Dr David Potter, "has settled the trademark cancellation and infringement litigation introduced from the Northern District of California with Intel concerning its trademark in the term 'netbook'," reviews Taiwan's DigiTimes.
Psion's official statement says:
The litigation has long been settled via an amicable agreement below which Psion will voluntarily withdraw all of its trademark registrations for 'Netbook'. Neither celebration accepted any liability. In light-weight of this amicable arrangement, Psion has agreed to waive all its rights versus 3rd events in respect of previous, present or foreseeable future utilization of the 'Netbook' term.
If there was a monetary settlement too, the terms ended up not disclosed.
Psion caused a little bit of a stir in December when it began sending "cease and desist" letters to websites employing the netbook expression, which it employed for the Psion NetBook practically a decade back. But as I noted with the time: "it wasn't a netbook in today's terms: it absolutely was truly a Psion Series 7 organiser,
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Intel and Dell responded by asking for Psion's trademark for being revoked,
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Psion asked for the jury trial, delivering income appeal figures (reproduced at Liliputing) to assistance its claim that it even now sold netbooks, and that "profits Intel manufactured from its infringement be transfered to Psion."
It's not obvious what,
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