News - Psion countersues Intel

[HEXUS]

Insists NETBOOK is still an active trademark and wants damages from Intel for its use of it.

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[savethenetbooks]

Court documents dated 27 February 2009 obtained by a website called savethenetbooks.com, which appears to be an independent blog campaigning against Psion's ownership of the NETBOOK trademark, show that Psion is suing Intel for the damages caused it by Intel's use of the term.

There is nothing more than meets the eye here - indeed justice may be best served by giving Intel a slap on the wrist and invalidating the trademark.

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[digit]

Nice for a change that unlike the ars technica article, savethenetbooks.com did actually get mentioned as the news source for the court documents.

However I can't say I follow the argument that Psion are in the wrong. Intel knowingly and intentionally used and subsequently spread a trademark for which they did not have the right to use. If Psion don't see any money coming there way, and a court ruling in there favour I'd be surprised. Intel should have, and quite easily could have, approached Psion in the first place to buy the trademark in my opinion, or could have simply used something else!

[Brewster0101]

Psion are just trying to get some capital because they are completely screwed. Aright they have a case but why the hell bother.