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The code is open source but "Android" is trademarked. You can't call it an "Android" phone unless Google lets you.
by Youden 8y ago
The code is open source but "Android" is trademarked. You can't call it an "Android" phone unless Google lets you.
- dlubarov 8y agoNot necessarily -- trademark infringement requires an element of deception or confusion, not just any usage of the mark. If an OEM sold a phone with a stock AOSP build, I think they'd be fine with calling it "Android" without permission. Google might attempt to enforce their mark anyway, but they wouldn't have much of a case. If the phone ran a fork like LineageOS, the OEM would need to be more careful about their use of the mark, but I imagine they'd still be okay with language like "Android-based".