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Psion protects its trademark «netbook» – supposedly it still sells NetBook Pro

The company Psion has responded to claims Dell and Intel. Recall that the last couple of days ago, have filed suit to cancel the trade mark «netbook», now owned by Psion. Their main argument is that Psion have not used that brand, and therefore can not claim to be saved. Psion does not agree.

Psion protects its trademark  «netbook» - supposedly it still sells NetBook Pro

Psion, wait a while, responded as follows: the device NetBook Pro still be sold. In addition, the company «understand people who might think that the sale has ended». In fact, sales are continuing, but most of them are «very specialized supply». Of this I am sure Psion, it follows that she has every right to further consolidating her brand. She argues that «has all the documents proving mnogomilionnye sales in the U.S. in 2006 and sales continued to this day», noting that «the mere fact that we do not sell tens of thousands of devices through a network of BestBuy, does not mean that we do not have rights to our trademark ». Word for Dell and Intel!

Dell filed a petition to revoke the trade mark Netbook

As you know, a Canadian company Psion, famous in his time great portable computers (loudly said, of course, most advanced organizer) and gave the world the rudiments of platform Symbian … So, the company Psion is not so long ago raised serious noise about the fact that the world community of illegally using the word «Netbook», which, as it turns out, is a registered trademark of Psion. In the distant 1999, the company called zastolbila the word of a line of mobile computers.

Dell filed a petition to revoke the trade mark Netbook

In that Psion will not be able to influence the current situation today in which netbuk – common noun, no one doubted. Nevertheless, it became known that the American company Dell has decided to violate the embarrassing pause by declaration of the revocation of trade mark, which is sent to the appropriate department.

Arguments have the following Dell. First, Psion has long ago closed the line and Netbook computers do not use the trademark. Secondly, in 2006, Psion blatantly deceived Trademark Office, informing him that she enjoys the same brand Netbook for five years (this was necessary for the renewal of registration). Finally, third, today, the word «netbook» obscheupotrebimym and is used to denote the type of notebook PCs – small and not very powerful.