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Apple to Pivotal: Take the 'pod' out of Podium

Started by Nvyseal , Mar 19 2009 03:31 AM

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#1 Nvyseal

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Posted 19 March 2009 - 03:31 AM

images/news/apple.jpgApple has issued a cease and desist letter to Pivotal, creators of Podium, a hands-free iPhone stand - namely over the use of the word "Pod" in Podium.

An excerpt from the cease and desist letter provided to TUAW states that "The term POD has also been adopted and used extensively in the marketplace by consumers as an abbreviation to refer to Apple's IPOD player. The IPOD and POD marks indicate to consumers that a broad range of products, including portable electronic devices, computer software, and related goods and services bearing those marks and marks similar thereto originate from or are sponsored or endorsed by Apple."

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#2 VoodooGuru

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Posted 19 March 2009 - 03:51 AM

One word... BOGUS!

Apple is overstepping their bounds just because someone is more clever than they are.

They're prolly just pissed they didn't think of it!

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#3 m.oreilly

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Posted 19 March 2009 - 05:03 AM

VoodooGuru, on Mar 18 2009, 08:51 PM, said:

... just because someone is more clever than they are.

They're prolly just pissed they didn't think of it!

yep, business as usual...pretty soon they will sue intel because of the "i7", claiming they now own the x86 platform and any reference to it (is that story about wozniak being stuffed and displayed in the cupertino office true?)

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#4 blackroseMD1

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Posted 19 March 2009 - 11:41 PM

Seriously? It's not April 1st right, so this isn't a joke?

F you Apple...the word Podium is in the dictionary, look it up.

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#5 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 12:07 AM

Apple are way out of their depth on this one, and seriously becoming more insane!

Who the fuc£ are they to tell me what I can, can't use, say or do? Does this mean that we wont have 'PODcasts' anymore because Apple have decided its not so? Are we also not allowed to eat peas?........as they come from PODS! :graduated:

(I could go on)

This new DRM headphone sh!t with the new 'shuffle' gets under my skin too ATM. Bunch of mindless idiots trying to rule the world in their own sadistic way.

I'd rather jerk off with a hand full of cockleburrs than put up with APPLE whinning at me incessantly.

Thx Storm!

Sit on this Steve boy!!

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#6 stormrosson

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 01:58 AM

np Rik........errrrrrr we always knew apple and all it's "cores" are f**kin yuppee a-holes , always have been

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#7 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 03:12 AM

In fact, lets all sue APPLE!

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We have had em for years and they 'stole' the name!

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