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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Switched On: Pen again]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/10/switched-on-pen-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/10/switched-on-pen-again/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/10/switched-on-pen-again/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<em>Each week <a href="http://twitter.com/rossrubin">Ross Rubin</a> contributes <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/switchedon">Switched On</a>, a column about consumer technology.</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/03/switched-on-techonciliation/"> Last week's Switched On</a> discussed how some next wave notions from a decade ago were trying to reinvent themselves. Here's one more. Surging smartphone vendor HTC is seeking to bring back an input method that many wrote off long ago with its forthcoming <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/flyer">Flyer tablet</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/22/sprint-makes-evo-view-4g-tablet-official-1-5ghz-wimax-7-inch/">EVO View 4G</a> comrade-in-arms: the stylus.<br />
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A fixture of early Palm and Psion PDAs, Pocket PCs and Windows Mobile handsets, slim, compact styli were once the most popular thing to slip down a well since Timmy. Then, users would poke the cheap, simple sticks at similarly inexpensive resistive touchscreens. After the debut of tablet PCs, though, more companies started to use active digitizer systems like the one inside the Flyer. Active pens offer more precision, which can help with tasks such as handwriting recognition, and support "hovering" above a screen, the functional equivalent of a mouseover. On the other hand, they are also thicker, more expensive, and need to be charged. (Update: as some have pointed out in comments, Wacom's tablets generate tiny electromagnetic fields that power active digitization, and don't require the pen to store electricity itself.) And, of course, just like passive styli, active pens take up space and can be misplaced. <br />
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The 2004 debut of the Nintendo DS -- the ancestor of the just-released 3DS -- marked the beginning of what has become the last mass-market consumer electronics product series to integrate stylus input. The rising popularity of capacitive touch screens and multitouch have replaced styli with fingers as the main user interface elements. Instead of using a precise point for tasks such as placing an insertion point in text, we now expand the text dynamically to accommodate our oily instruments. On-screen buttons have also grown, as have the screens themselves, all in the name of losing a contrivance.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/10/switched-on-pen-again/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Switched On: Pen again</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/10/switched-on-pen-again/">Switched On: Pen again</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/10/switched-on-pen-again/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19908449/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/10/switched-on-pen-again/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ASUS</category><category>capacitive</category><category>column</category><category>Courier</category><category>Digital Scribe</category><category>DigitalScribe</category><category>DS</category><category>Eee Pad</category><category>Eee Transformer</category><category>EeePad</category><category>EeeTransformer</category><category>handwriting</category><category>HTC</category><category>Microsoft Research</category><category>MicrosoftResearch</category><category>N-trig</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>Nintendo DS</category><category>NintendoDs</category><category>palm</category><category>palm pilot</category><category>PalmPilot</category><category>PDA</category><category>Psion</category><category>Ross Rubin</category><category>RossRubin</category><category>Scribe</category><category>stylii</category><category>stylus</category><category>Switched On</category><category>SwitchedOn</category><category>touchscreen</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross Rubin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psion veteran Charles Davies leaves Nokia for TomTom]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/28/psion-veteran-charles-davies-leaves-nokia-for-tomtom/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/28/psion-veteran-charles-davies-leaves-nokia-for-tomtom/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/28/psion-veteran-charles-davies-leaves-nokia-for-tomtom/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/28/psion-veteran-charles-davies-leaves-nokia-for-tomtom/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="left" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/06/charles-davies-06-27-2010.jpg" alt="" /></a>Charles Davies might not be as immediately recognizable as some other industry veterans, but anyone that's been following this business since the early days of PDAs will no doubt be familiar with his work. Davies was <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/psion">Psion</a>'s very first employee way back in 1981, and stuck with the company all the way up until 2003 when he left to join Symbian, before moving on to Nokia with the rest of the Symbian staff a few years later. During that time, Davies helped Psion pioneer the use of flash memory and custom silicon in handhelds, served as Symbian's CTO, and helped Nokia head up the strategy and architecture team for its R&amp;D division. What's more, as <em>The Register</em> notes, Davies move to TomTom only further bolsters the ex-Psion ranks at the company -- he'll be joining former Psion CTO Mark Gretton, and former hardware exec Ken McAlpine, who joined TomTom two years ago after a stint at Apple. Still no word on what Davies' exact role at TomTom will be, but the company has confirmed the move, and promises to provide more details at some point.<br />
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[Thanks, johnny99]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/28/psion-veteran-charles-davies-leaves-nokia-for-tomtom/">Psion veteran Charles Davies leaves Nokia for TomTom</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:29:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/28/psion-veteran-charles-davies-leaves-nokia-for-tomtom/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19532770/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/28/psion-veteran-charles-davies-leaves-nokia-for-tomtom/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>charles davies</category><category>CharlesDavies</category><category>davies</category><category>exec</category><category>nokia</category><category>psion</category><category>tomtom</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Melanson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psion relents: 'netbook' ok to describe chubby cheap laptops lacking power]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/psion-relents-netbook-ok-to-describe-chubby-cheap-laptops-lac/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/psion-relents-netbook-ok-to-describe-chubby-cheap-laptops-lac/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/psion-relents-netbook-ok-to-describe-chubby-cheap-laptops-lac/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://investorrelations.psionteklogix.com/psionplc/pages/news/press?ref=543"><img width="230" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="185" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/02/psion-netbookpro-02-27-09.jpg" alt="" /></a>As the world's attention turns from netbooks to <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/smartbook">smartbooks</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/psion">Psion</a> and Intel have ceased battle over use of the former term. Remember, this ridiculous case escalated to the point of Psion claiming $1.2 billion (billion!) in damages suffered as a result of infringement on its netbook trademark for a product few have heard of outside of the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-netbook-challengers-says-it-does-so-still-s/">highly specialized supply chain logistics area.</a> The "amicable" agreement reached with Intel has Psion voluntarily <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/">withdrawing its trademark</a>. What wasn't said in the press release is how much money was extorted from the industry or the net effect on Psion sales from all the free publicity. Regardless, we're sure it's been a profitable exercise for Psion Teklogix. Now, could the obscure owner of the "smartbook" trademark please step forward to collect your prize?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/psion-intel-netbook-trademark-fight-settled-0145387/">Slashgear</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/psion-relents-netbook-ok-to-describe-chubby-cheap-laptops-lac/">Psion relents: 'netbook' ok to describe chubby cheap laptops lacking power</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:58:00 EST.  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Well, this was sadly predictable. Following filings by <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/">Dell</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/">Intel</a> with the USPTO requesting that Psion's "netbook" trademark be canceled, Psion has filed a $1.2b countersuit against Intel, claiming that the chipmaker knew Psion owned the netbook mark but used it anyway. That's interesting because Intel's efforts to push "netbook" on the industry went basically nowhere from March until June of 2008 -- when <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/computex-awash-in-atom-based-netbooks-vias-nano-a-no-show/">Atom-powered laptops ran amok at Computex</a> -- but we're guessing Psion doesn't care. As it has in the past, Psion claims that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-netbook-challengers-says-it-does-so-still-s/">it's been selling Netbook-branded machines</a> continuously since 1999, along with some interesting sales figures to back it up -- as <em>Ars Technica</em> notes, the numbers seem to add up oddly at all the wrong times, with $2m of Netbook accessories sold in 2006, three years after the product went off the market, and just 4100 total Netbooks sold over 10 years. We'll see how the court decides to pull all this apart -- it's certainly starting to look like a showdown's brewing, but we're still convinced that Intel and Dell have money, time and momentum on their side here.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/psion-countersues-intel-over-netbook-trademark-asks-for-1-2b-i/">Psion countersues Intel over netbook trademark, asks for $1.2b in damages</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:54:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/03/psion-countersues-flames-intel-for-unclean-hands.ars>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/psion-countersues-intel-over-netbook-trademark-asks-for-1-2b-i/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1476190/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/psion-countersues-intel-over-netbook-trademark-asks-for-1-2b-i/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>dell</category><category>intel</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>legal</category><category>netbook</category><category>psion</category><category>trademark</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nilay Patel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psion responds to "netbook" challengers, says it does so still sell the NetBook Pro]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-netbook-challengers-says-it-does-so-still-s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-netbook-challengers-says-it-does-so-still-s/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-netbook-challengers-says-it-does-so-still-s/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://jkontherun.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-intel-dell-trademark-scuffle-we-still-sell-the-netbook-pro-its-not-abandoned/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/02/psion-netbookpro-02-27-09.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
<div align="left">Well, it looks like the dust up between <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/psion">Psion</a> and those using the "netbook" name to describe, um, netbooks, isn't showing any signs of going away anytime soon, with Psion now responding to Intel and Dell's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/">latest</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/">charges</a> by saying that, contrary to their claims, it does indeed still sell its NetBook Pro. According to jkOnTheRun, while Psion says it "can understand why people might have assumed that sales ceased a while back," it does in fact still sell the device, with the bulk of its sales being in the "highly specialized supply chain logistics area." As Psion points out, that continuation of sales is key to its argument to keep the trademark from becoming abandoned, and it says it has "all the invoices to prove multi-million dollar sales in the US in 2006 and sales that continue even to this day," adding that, "just because we're not selling tens of thousands through Best Buy doesn't mean we're not entitled to our trademark." That said, we're still a long ways from folks being forced to pay up or stop using the netbook name, although it's at least becoming clear that Psion isn't about to just let this one slide.<br /></div>
</div><p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-netbook-challengers-says-it-does-so-still-s/">Psion responds to "netbook" challengers, says it does so still sell the NetBook Pro</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:36:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://jkontherun.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-intel-dell-trademark-scuffle-we-still-sell-the-netbook-pro-its-not-abandoned/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-netbook-challengers-says-it-does-so-still-s/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1474129/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/psion-responds-to-netbook-challengers-says-it-does-so-still-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>dell</category><category>intel</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>netbook</category><category>netbook pro</category><category>NetbookPro</category><category>psion</category><category>trademark</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Melanson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel also sues Psion over 'netbook' trademark, general stupidity]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/02/gump-psion-netbook.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div>
Intel has finally broken its silence regarding <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/psion">Psion's</a> attempt to bludgeon the industry into submission with its trademark on the term "Netbook." Important stuff seeing as how Intel is credited with (re)introducing the term in its modern meaning back in March 08. Granted, it took awhile for the name to catch on (we asked you to <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/">name the emerging laptop category in May</a>) but ultimately stuck with the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/computex-awash-in-atom-based-netbooks-vias-nano-a-no-show/">deluge of Atom-based ultra-portables</a> launched <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/computex%2Cnetbook">at the Computex show</a> in June of 2008. Unsurprisingly, Intel's position essentially mirrors that of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/">Dell</a> although it was Intel that actually filed its lawsuit first: 1) the public already uses the term in a generic manner, and (2) Psion's Netbook has been out of production since 2003 with no intent of being reintroduced into the market. Stupid is as stupid does, right Psion?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/02/24/intel.sues.psion/">Electronista</a>] <br /><br /><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/02/16/Intel_Wants_Netbook_Trademark_Canceled.htm">Read</a> -- Intel sues Psion <br /><a href="http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2008/03/thoughts_on_netbooks.php">Read</a> -- Intel's "Thoughts on Netbooks" (March 03, 2008)<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/">Intel also sues Psion over 'netbook' trademark, general stupidity</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:01:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1470896/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/intel-also-sues-psion-over-netbook-trademark-general-stupidit/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>dell</category><category>intel</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>legal</category><category>netbook</category><category>psion</category><category>trademark</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Ricker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dell files to strip "netbook" of trademark status]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92050564&amp;pty=CAN&amp;eno=1"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/02/2-19-09dellnetbook.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
<span style="float: right; margin-left: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><script>digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Dell_Files_to_Strip_netbook_of_Trademark_Status';</script><script src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js"></script></span> Well, you knew this was going to happen: Dell's filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office requesting that Psion's "netbook" trademark be canceled. It was only a matter of time before something like this happened, of course -- the word "netbook" is in such widespread usage that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/psion-teklogix-sending-out-cease-and-desist-letters-to-netbook-cen/">Psion's nastygrams</a> are unlikely to have any meaningful impact, and the company's weasely claims that it was only going after those "<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/psion-says-its-only-going-after-those-profiting-from-the-term/">making a direct financial profit</a>" basically guaranteed it was chasing after one of the big players. Word to the wise, Psion: it's almost certain that you'll lose this legal battle, but the PR war is easily won -- and coupled with an interesting product, like, say, an all-new <a href="http://engadget.com/tag/ion/">Ion</a>-powered Psion Netbook, you could actually come out way ahead. Think about it, won't you?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://thegadgetsite.blogspot.com/2009/02/dell-files-for-petition-to-cancel.html">thegadgetsite</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/">Dell files to strip "netbook" of trademark status</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:31:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92050564&amp;pty=CAN&amp;eno=1>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1465768/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/dell-files-to-strip-netbook-of-trademark-status/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>dell</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>legal</category><category>netbook</category><category>psion</category><category>trademark</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nilay Patel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psion says it's only going after those "profiting" from the term netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/psion-says-its-only-going-after-those-profiting-from-the-term/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/psion-says-its-only-going-after-those-profiting-from-the-term/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/psion-says-its-only-going-after-those-profiting-from-the-term/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/27/psions-netbook-trademark-defense-psion-responds/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/12/12-24-08-psion-letter3.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
<br />Psion, Psion. We hadn't really heard from the British portable maker since the halcyon days of the Series5, but it's back and making waves with a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/psion-teklogix-sending-out-cease-and-desist-letters-to-netbook-cen/">series of nastygrams</a> asserting its trademark of the word "netbook." Psion's legal team followed up with jkOnTheRun, and according to them, it's only going after those sites and companies "making a direct, financial profit from use of the 'Netbook' trademark." (As opposed to profit in kind, we suppose -- did you know our advertisers pay us in toaster waffles and aviator sunglasses? True story.) Psion says it's mostly focused on retailers and manufacturers using the term netbook to sell machines, not "straight blogs" and other sites. Of course, that means next to nothing, since Psion says it'll still go after those sites that have sponsored ads or for-profit links containing the word "netbook" -- including automatically-placed ads and links like AdSense and Amazon affiliate ads that site owners typically have no control over. <em>+10 weasel</em>, dudes. Anyway, considering the widespread adoption of "netbook" in the past year with nary a peep from Psion, we'd say the term is pretty well generic and no longer a valid trademark at this point -- we'll see how it goes when it drags the first heavy-hitter using the term (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=intel+netbook">like Intel</a>) into court.<br /> <br /> <em>Disclaimer: Nilay's a lawyer and secret Asian netbook ODM, but he's not </em>your<em> lawyer and this isn't legal advice or analysis.</em><p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/psion-says-its-only-going-after-those-profiting-from-the-term/">Psion says it's only going after those "profiting" from the term netbook</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:17:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/27/psions-netbook-trademark-defense-psion-responds/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/psion-says-its-only-going-after-those-profiting-from-the-term/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1412858/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/psion-says-its-only-going-after-those-profiting-from-the-term/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>lawsuit</category><category>legal</category><category>netbook</category><category>psion</category><category>trademark</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nilay Patel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psion Teklogix sending out cease &amp; desist letters to netbook-centric websites]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/psion-teklogix-sending-out-cease-and-desist-letters-to-netbook-cen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/psion-teklogix-sending-out-cease-and-desist-letters-to-netbook-cen/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/psion-teklogix-sending-out-cease-and-desist-letters-to-netbook-cen/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/23/netbook-enthusiast-web-sites-getting-c-d-using-term-netbook/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/12/12-24-08-psion-letter3.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
Wow, talk about spreading that holiday cheer. <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/PsionTeklogix/">Psion Teklogix</a> has apparently hired a legal team to write up cease &amp; desist letters that are being sent out to select <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/netbook/">netbook</a> enthusiast websites. One particular letter is pictured above, and we can only assume the URL is hidden for the safety of those involved. <em>jkOnTheRun</em> dug a little deeper into the matter and found that the outfit did indeed produce a Netbook and Netbook Pro back in the day, and while the surprisingly netbook-like devices (imagine that, right?) have since been discontinued, it <em>is</em> still making compatible accessories. Something tells us Psion waited a touch too late to pick this fight, but just in case Engadget is next in line for one of these letters, we'll be utilizing the term smallcheap(er)book for the foreseeable future. Hope that's okay.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/psion-teklogix-sending-out-cease-and-desist-letters-to-netbook-cen/">Psion Teklogix sending out cease &amp; desist letters to netbook-centric websites</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:02:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/23/netbook-enthusiast-web-sites-getting-c-d-using-term-netbook/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/psion-teklogix-sending-out-cease-and-desist-letters-to-netbook-cen/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1411090/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/psion-teklogix-sending-out-cease-and-desist-letters-to-netbook-cen/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>CD</category><category>cease and desist</category><category>CeaseAndDesist</category><category>netbook</category><category>Psion</category><category>Psion Teklogix</category><category>PsionTeklogix</category><category>term</category><category>terminology</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DIYer becomes inundated with spare time, crams Wikipedia onto PDA]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/diyer-becomes-inundated-with-spare-time-crams-wikipedia-onto-pd/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/diyer-becomes-inundated-with-spare-time-crams-wikipedia-onto-pd/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/diyer-becomes-inundated-with-spare-time-crams-wikipedia-onto-pd/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Wikipedia-in-your-pocket/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/5-15-08-psion-5mx-wikipedia.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br /></div>
Portions of Wikipedia have been living on disconnected pocket-friendly gizmos for <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/wikipod-brings-some-of-wikipedia-to-your-ipod/">years now</a>, but one particular DIYer just took the whole process to an absurd new level. For starters, you'll have to procure a relatively obscure Psion 5mx PDA, not to mention a CF card (and adapter), Linux-based PC, static HTML dump of Wikipedia and an enviable amount of unused vacation time. If you just can't stand to be too far from knowledge, and you're way too vintage to just pick up a WiFi-enabled UMPC or halfway decent smartphone with web access, load up the read link and prepare to get (really) busy.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handhelds/" rel="tag">Handhelds</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/diyer-becomes-inundated-with-spare-time-crams-wikipedia-onto-pd/">DIYer becomes inundated with spare time, crams Wikipedia onto PDA</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:53:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.instructables.com/id/Wikipedia-in-your-pocket/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/diyer-becomes-inundated-with-spare-time-crams-wikipedia-onto-pd/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1196309/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/diyer-becomes-inundated-with-spare-time-crams-wikipedia-onto-pd/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>diy</category><category>how-do</category><category>linux</category><category>pda</category><category>Psion</category><category>Psion 5mx</category><category>Psion5mx</category><category>Wikipedia</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:53:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
