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Google accused of violating trademark of Nexus One… family states “obvious connection”

By on January 8, 2010 at 12:33pm in Asides, Mobile News, Various News

Google’s new Nexus One smartphone is the latest gadget to catch the headlines, but one family is not impressed.

The estate of science fiction writer Philip K Dick is looking for more dough and have plans to sue Google over the name of their Nexus One smartphone. Here is the deal… Apparently Dick’s book “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” was the stage for the movie Blade Runner and featured were “Nexus-6 androids” and the OS used was Android.

Mr Dick’s daughter Isa Dick Hackett says Google is in trademark violation and a letter has been sent to stop using the name. Hackett stated “Google takes first and then deals with the fallout later. In my mind, there is a very obvious connection to my father’s novel. People don’t get it … It’s the principle of it. It would be nice to have a dialogue. That’s a way to start.. She added “It’s not lost on the people who are somewhat familiar with this novel… Our legal team is dealing head on with this.”

Google has responded and believe there is no connection to the author or his novels. Pretty sure this will be settled out of court.
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4 comments for “Google accused of violating trademark of Nexus One… family states “obvious connection””

  1. i find it a little convient they decide to sue now, there have been a few android devices in the last year or two . obviously because they havent gained much press attention than the nexus one this family didnt know about them. oh well this happens people trying to get a piece of the pie, it happened to harry potter too in height of its populrity an american author thast nobody heard of claimed she wrote about muggles very similar to the ones in harry potter and tried to sue JK rowling over it, it was eventually settled.

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    Posted by mark | January 8, 2010, 12:53 pm
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  2. I think she deserves 1000$ for this annoyance, no a penny more.

    When you think about it, will they sell less book because of the nexus-one? No!

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    Posted by Nicolas | January 8, 2010, 2:50 pm
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  3. Please respect that 99% of the people who read this article will not understand trademark law, and really shouldn’t judge these actions. Read into it a bit and you will see that PKD’s estate (daughter) is essentially forced to go after Google.

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    Posted by Jonathan | January 9, 2010, 12:28 am
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  4. Wecome to America,Land of the free home of the lawyers.Americas new moto We sue first then ask questions.

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    Posted by Larry | January 9, 2010, 12:38 am
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