Psion Netbook trademark holder target fan sites with C&D notices
SlashGear — ... Some netbook enthusiast sites have apparently received cease and desist (C&D) letters, demanding that they remove the term “netbook” from their pages before March 2009, else face legal action.  The letters, which until now have been sent to UK-based sites, claim that the netbook and netbook pro trademarks are owned by the company responsible for the ...

Original Psion Netbook still available - on eBay
Liliputing — ... , the company that got a trademark on the term “netbook” more than 10 years ago has apparently decided to begin enforcing that trademark. Never mind the fact that Psion hasn’t released a computer under the netbook name in 8 years, and the fact that Intel has been throwing the word around since 2007. No, Psion decided the rational thing to do was to send a cease & desist letter to a handful of bloggers that had been using the word netbook to describe something other than Psion’s product. ...

Psion threatens netbook sites over trademarks
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... Psion has sent "cease and desist" letters to some netbook-oriented web sites ordering them to stop using the term "netbook". jkOnTheRun says: "The letters claim that the term netbook is trademarked by the firm that produced the Psion netBook in the early 2000's." ...

Sony teases VAIO New Mobile device
Liliputing — ... Anyway, it’s too early to say whether this device will be a “netbook,” per se, or a MID or more traditional UMPC. But if it has a full keyboard, a screen, and is priced around $500 or less, I’d be happy to call it a netbook. As long as I don’t get a cease and desist letter asking me to stop using that term. But as a Sony product, I’ll be happy if it’s priced under $800. Not necessarily happy enough to pay for one. But still happy. ...

We May Need a New Name For Netbooks
Technologizer — psionnetbook Back in the mid-1990s, I loved my Psion PDA as much as any gadget I’ve ever owned. But Psion stopped making consumer products years ago, and I wasn’t even positive if the company–which spun off its software unit into phone OS powerhouse Symbian–was still in business. Well, it is. And JK on the Run is reporting that its lawyers are sending letters to netbook sites telling them they have until the end of March to stop using the term “netbook.” That’s because Psion once made a subnotebook called the ...

Netbook Trademark Owner Threatens Bloggers [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Our sister site, jkOnTheRun, is reporting that certain netbook enthusiast sites are getting cease-and-desist orders from ...

Essential Netbook Utilities for Mini-Notebooks [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... Since we haven’t yet received a Cease & Desist for using the netbook term, I’m celebrating with another post on the devices. Have to get them while I still can, I guess. For your pre-holiday pleasure, ...

Psion Says: Stop Calling them Netbooks!
Gearlog — ... Psion's letter (viewable at JK on the Run) claims trademark of the name in the United States, the EU, Canada, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The company doesn't make its netBook anymore--it hasn't for years--but still makes accessories. The original netBook was actually a lot like a modern netbook (sorry, mini-notebook!) with a QWERTY keyboard and flip up screen, but wouldn't have run Windows 98 let alone XP. They were based on either Windows CE or a version of the Symbian OS, which Psion created and later rolled out to phones. ...

‘Netbook’ trademarked already, we’re all doomed
CrunchGear — ... Apparently one of the devices that Psion developed was called the Netbook (there was also the Netbook Pro) and, as such, the company trademarked the name "Netbook" back in the earlier part of the decade, according to JKontheRun. ...

Psion, owner of "Netbook" trademark, would like world to stop using that word generically
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... isn't doing anything with the trademark. It now makes ultra-rugged cellphones and vehicle-mount computers under different names. Psion's lack of recent Netbooks — you won't easily find reference to the thing on its own website — would seem a textbook example of how to let a trademark fall into generic usage. Perhaps this is a hint of a new consumer product? It's IKON was a nice piece of kit. Here's what a Psion Netbook looks like: [kjontherun]

Using the Word 'Netbook' Could Get You Sued
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... streamlined for internet surfing. Brad Linder, owner of the netbook enthusiast blog Liliputing, told Wired.com he has not received a cease-and-desist letter from Psion. "I can maybe understand them going after web sites that have the word netbook in the site title," Linder said. "But if they're going after people for using netbook improperly -- I'm not a lawyer, but that seems weird, and I'm not sure how they can enforce that." Netbook enthusiast web sites getting C&D using term "netbook" [jKOnTheRun] ...

Psion says: “Enough With The Netbooks Already…”
Mobility Site — ... Our good friend James Kendrick at jkontherun is reporting that several blogs (not jkontherun or MobilitySite as of yet, to the best of my knowledge) have received requests from fabled consumer electronics pioneer Psion (they even still exist? Golly…)  to cease and desist using the term Netbook as they still have it under copywrite. netBook was the marketing name of Psion’s too little too late attempt to stay in the PDA/Mobile Device game, also known as the Psion Series 7 Organizer (catchy…) which was EOLed several years before the appearance of the Asus ...

Psion Teklogix sending out cease & desist letters to netbook-centric websites
Engadget — ... Wow, talk about spreading that holiday cheer. Psion Teklogix has apparently hired a legal team to write up cease & desist letters that are being sent out to select netbook enthusiast websites. One particular letter is pictured above, and we can only ...

Sony’s Netbook “fits in a pocket”, Might Not Fit Netbook Category [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... Actually, Sony has this “P-series” VAIO on their notebook section in the SonyStyle store, so maybe netbook isn’t the right term. Just ask Psion, if you don’t believe me. Eagle-eye reader Jose was browsing ...

Psion reclama el término ‘netbook’
Celularis — ... desde el Reino Unido instándoles a dejar de utilizar esa palabra. Según los documentos, parece que la palabra ‘netbook’ está registrada por Psion, que en los primeros años de esta década lanzó una especie de híbrido entre PDA y ordenador portátil bajo el nombre de Psion netBook y Psion netBook Pro. En el vídeo inferior podéis ver cómo era el primer netbook. Click here to view the embedded video. Vía | jkOnTheRun ...

Psion’s netbook trademark defense- Psion responds
jkOnTheRun — ... We broke the story about Psion’s trademarks of the term “netbook” and their legal team’s defense of same by sending out letters to those openly using the term.  This has kicked off an interesting discussion about the defensibility of a term that Psion hasn’t used for years.  Today we received correspondence from Origin, the legal firm representing Psion’s trademarks who wanted to clarify their position: ...

Netbook Trademark Kerfukkle is All About The Money [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Last week, jkOnTheRun broke the news that Psion Teklogix, owner of the “Netbook” trademark was sending cease and desist (C&D) letters to some blogs and smaller websites. The news stirred up enough controversy that ...

Recently on jkOnTheRun
jkOnTheRun — Trademarks, netbooks, new Vaios oh my! This week was full of holiday cheer and strange goings-on in the tech space.  Here are the top stories on jkOnTheRun this past week in case you missed them: Can Palm be saved by $100M and Nova? First look:  AT&T USBConnect Quicksilver 3G Adapter MobileTechRoundup 158: Wrap of 2008 and Thoughts of 2009 Mobile gear 2008 year in review Netbook enthusiast web sites getting C & D using term “netbook” Sony’s mystery Vaio ...

Psion Reportedly Asks Manufacturers, Web-Sites to Stop Using "Netbook" Term
X-bit labs — ... netBook is a registered trademark of Psion that was used to market ARM-based computers of sub-notebook size with limited functionality. Psion places significant value on its trade mark registrations and your use of the term netbook could damage those registrations. We are therefore asking you to cease use of the term netbook . Similar letters are going out to others also inadvertently mis-uising our registered trade marks, a letter sent to certain journalists and published by jkOnTheRun web-site reads. Currently Psion does not produce its netBook-branded devices and it ...

Trademarks And Netbooks
Techdirt — ... For mobile computing geeks -- especially those in Europe, the Psion netBook was quite well known for years in the early part of this decade, as offering a pretty decent tiny computer, that (for whatever reason) never was much of a hit in the US. Either way, Psion gave up on the product somewhere along the way, but retains the trademark on the name, and caused a bit of a stir last week by sending out some cease and desist letters about the use of the term, noting (correctly) that it owned the trademark. There was some confusion over reports that some of these ...

Psion Asks Companies Not to Use “Netbook”
Gear Live — ... So much turmoil over such a small thing, literally. Psion owns the trademark to the Netbook, a device they actually created and later discontinued. But it seems as if they would like to make sure that no one else uses the name. jk on the run first found about the dilemma, and seems to be in contact with their “people” who want to make their intentions perfectly clear. They have sent out letters to retailers and manufacturers who are using the term in their products. We were thinking they should be flattered by all the fuss, but what do you think? And what term ...

jkOnTheRun Op-Ed: the Psion netbook trademark situation
jkOnTheRun — The news that broke this holiday weekend about the move by Psion Teklogix to step in and start enforcing their “netbook” trademark ruffled a lot of feathers.  The netbook term has been reported to have been created by Intel and thus fair game for Psion according to some. I’ve been giving this whole situation a lot of thought and want to weigh in with my thoughts on this trademark thing with Psion.  First of all we should set the record straight, Intel did not create the term “netbook” to describe the sub-notebooks that they ...

Asus Shifting the Eee PC Keyboard Layout? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... when they weren’t called netbooks, which just might happen again in the near future. The little device was very usable for me; so much so, that it was the sole device I used to report from the slow-paced and relaxing hellaciously maddening ...

History of the netbook on Ars Technica [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... of mobile devices that brought us to the netbook stage. The article is an interesting read and goes back as far as the venerable HP 200LX and brings us through the evolution of the clamshell device through the Psion offerings. You remember Psion, they are the folks who trademarked the term “netbook” and have asked people to stop using it. ...

Google to Psion- “netbook” is indeed a protected trademark [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — Late last year we were covering the news that Psion was informing folks that they owned the trademark for the term “netbook” and that it should not be used generically. Psion subsequently responded to our coverage and stated that they were only going to go after those who were using the term “netbook” in ventures for profit. It’s been quiet for a bit about this but today Psion let us know that Google has investigated the trademark claim and determined that “netbook” is indeed a ...

Do netbooks need to be saved?
jkOnTheRun — ... We have been on top of the situation with Psion Teklogix since the beginning, when they began notifying folks of their trademark for the term “netbook.”  We listened to the response to this situation and even ...

Dell files for cancelation of Psion’s “netbook” trademark
jkOnTheRun — ... The situation with Psion’s trademark defense of the term “netbook” has gotten a lot more interesting with Dell’s filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to ...

‘Save the Netbooks’ declares victory
p2pnet news — ... ) to netbook manufacturers and retailers (as well as bloggers and journalists) giving them until the end of March 2009 to “transition to a different descriptive term”. ...

Intel joins the Dell “netbook” trademark party [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... The latest chapter in the “netbook” trademark saga that Psion kicked off late last year has Intel joining the party. ...

Psion responds to Intel/ Dell trademark scuffle- we still sell the Netbook Pro, it’s not abandoned [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... Psion has responded to us in regards to the ongoing “netbook” trademark fight that Intel and Dell most recently kicked up a notch. In case you have been living under a rock Psion sold a laptop-like device in the early 2000’s called the Netbook Pro. They trademarked the term “netbook” and last year began defending their trademark by asking folks to stop using the term to describe low-cost notebooks. ...

Netbook: the timeline of “genericness” [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... describe sub-$500 notebooks centered around internet-connectivity, such as its Classmate PC. The original EEE PC, XO OLPC laptop and Cloudbook would fall into this category. While it is technically flackspeak, I actually like it because it’s short and fairly specific. Besides being endorsed by Intel (obvs), Ubuntu has officially picked up the term. Judgment: A keeper, even if it was coined by the Man. The Psion/ Intel/ Dell netbook trademark posturing has captured the attention of a ...

Philadelphia Daily News: Further Proof Print Media is Out of Touch
jkOnTheRun — ... Yep, that netbook he’s advocating giving their loyal readers is none other than the only trademarked netbook, the Psion netBook. Someone better tell this guy it is almost ten year old technology.  :) ...

Target and Trademarked Netbook Term [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... Target is unconcerned about the brouhaha over the trademarked “netbook” term, as witnessed by this sign in the store: ...

Psion, Intel Settle Netbook Trademark Infringement Case
jkOnTheRun — ... It seems that we now have Intel and Psion sitting in a tree. The two companies are now both confirming a rumor that they have kissed and made up and settled their trademark infringement fight. Psion had trademarked the term “netBook” years ago when it was selling a product by that name, and last year Intel sued Psion to disqualify its trademark. Psion countersued, and things got ugly for a while, but now the ...

German Company to Blogger — We Own the Smartbook Name, Stop Using It [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... and I suspect they went after Sascha as he is German and netbooknews.de is a German language blog covering netbooks. The tactic is similar to the one used by Psion in their trademark fight over the “netbook” term. Psion’s fight went on to include Intel and Dell and was eventually settled out of court. ...

Smartbook No More — What Should We Call Them?
jkOnTheRun — ... ” The company had a real beef, unlike the Psion folks with “netbook”, as their very name is Smartbook. They even have a line of notebooks called smartbooks. ...

Smartbook No More — What Should We Call Them? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... ” The company had a real beef, unlike the Psion folks with “netbook”, as their very name is Smartbook. They even have a line of notebooks called smartbooks. ...