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Also from my understanding the term "droid" is trademarked and pretty aggressively protected. (ergo even all the Motorola Droid advertising actually has discla
by mikeryan 17y ago
Also from my understanding the term "droid" is trademarked and pretty aggressively protected.
(ergo even all the Motorola Droid advertising actually has disclaimers. They must have a deal with Lucas)
- lutorm 17y agodroid is a shortening of android. How can that be trademarked?
- scott_s 17y agoTrademarks only apply in the domain the term is used in. So we can trademark common words already used elsewhere as long as they're not already associated with something in that domain. If I made harddrives called Banana, I could trademark Banana in that domain, but I would have no claim over it in, say, the food industry. Nor could I get a trademark on "Harddrive" in the harddrive industry. The obvious example is Windows.
- lutorm 17y agoThat's what I mean. If Lucas has trademarked "droid", that can't possibly apply for a piece of software. Motorola might have a problem, though.
- jcl 17y agoMotorola did in fact pay Lucas to use the word. I don't think that necessarily means Lucas had a valid case against them, though; I think companies sometimes seek more clearance than they need in order to mitigate risk. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/07/cnet.google.nexus.one.blade.runner/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/07/cnet.google.nexus.one.bla...
- jrockway 17y agoI assume Motorola is doing that just to be safe. "Droid" is a dictionary word.