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Motorola sued by Xoom Corp.
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article published on 25 February, 2011
Money transfer company Xoom Corp. has filed a trademark lawsuit against Motorola today, claiming it has used the name "Xoom" actively since 2003, and has an incontestable trademark on the name.
Motorola just released the Xoom Android tablet, the first real competitor to the market leading iPad because it runs on the tablet-optimized Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system.
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25. February 2011 @ 14:31 |
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This actually makes some sense. Law suits of this nature and more often than not frivolous at best. But this could hold some water.
It's up to the judicial system to decide.
Even if Motorola was to change the name of the tablet it wouldn't hamper them as much as if Xoom had waited till they built up a strong product rep and recognition so I guess its good they did it this early.
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lissenup2
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25. February 2011 @ 14:51 |
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I totally agree with you XYQO. This one's gonna hold some serious water. I have the strange feeling that Motorola knew about this and ignored it.
If they settle, consumers can probably expect a higher Xoom price.
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hglez86
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25. February 2011 @ 15:48 |
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it seems to me that they could have said something even earlier... since the product has been announced for a while now, which means that they would have known it was going to happen, and they waited until the release to be able to place the law suit... but that's just my thoughts...
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xnonsuchx
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25. February 2011 @ 15:56 |
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Sometimes, they consider it based on whether it is confusing in the marketplace. I don't think people are going to confuse a money store w/ a touch tablet.
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molsen
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25. February 2011 @ 17:36 |
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Maybe Xoom knew early on and it took this long for the legal team, process to work. Seems like a valid case to me.
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xaznboitx
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27. February 2011 @ 03:42 |
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wow Motorola getting sued a lot... last year getting sued by MS and 2 other company and now this one lol..
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DoomLight
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28. February 2011 @ 00:30 |
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in all fairness love and war. i never heard of the Xoom money tranfer company lol. remind me to not invent a tablet pc that is named Paypal
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mscritsm
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5. March 2011 @ 19:55 |
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In general trademark infringement claims aren't valid if the products behind the common trademark have nothing to do with each other. For example, there are all kinds of products named "Thunderbird" (e.g., a cheap wine and a car) and there is no trademark infringement. Even the case of the Beatles' Apple trademark and Apple, Inc. is not clear-cut and as far as I know has never been taken to court precisely because neither company is absolutely sure of the outcome and a loss would have major rebranding implications for either party.
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