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"One" is not a name, it's a number. It's also "Google One" so it's hard to see an argument that someone would see this as a Microsoft offering.
by bachmeier 8y ago
"One" is not a name, it's a number. It's also "Google One" so it's hard to see an argument that someone would see this as a Microsoft offering.
- eganist 8y agoMicrosoft OneDrive Google One ... Both in storage? That's a massive trademark dispute waiting to happen. People will easily start assuming OneDrive refers to Google's offering and confuse the hell out of them.
- l9k 8y agoMoreover, adding to the confusion, it is (Google) ONE for (Google) DRIVE
- eganist 8y agoThe immediate precedent I see for this is Drop/Box, but there are indications that their particular dispute was settled privately (https://www.quora.com/Why-didnt-Box-go-after-Dropbox-for-trademark-infringement-on-their-name https://www.quora.com/Why-didnt-Box-go-after-Dropbox-for-tra...). I don't see that happening here.
- dragonwriter 8y agoIt's not Google One for Google Drive. Its just Google One. (Yes, Google Drive is one of the other Google products that uses Google One storage but Google One is branding to detach the storsge space from the Drive brand, not connected to it.
- ahakki 8y ago“Sky” is not a name, it’s the blue thing up there. It's also "Microsoft SkyDrive" so it's hard to see an argument that someone would see this as a SkyTV offering. Did I do it right?