anonuser

March 03, 2009 at 2:36pm

How does the law stand on WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) in regards to Psion ?

Seeing as Psion made the product.. surely to comply still with the WEEE directive they still have to take responsibility for the recycling aspect / cost offset for the product/brand and whole shabang for a number of years after initial sales.

Surely that must mean a trademark being intact also ?

Even though they currently don't sell the computer they still have an after support of some degree including replacement parts you would not buy a New £2000 PC for the company to turn around and say we discontined that a week after we sold it to you... now on your bike and hop it (Does not happen).

 

 

 

 

 

jfigura

March 03, 2009 at 2:10pm

Psion owns the trademark, free and clear. Intel must license said use of trademark. Bottom line. That's the law as it is written.

gatorXXX

March 03, 2009 at 3:55pm

Well obviously folks Intel doesn't own the term "netbook", and if Psion can prove it, then so be it! Let Intel get what's rightfully handed to them, hopefully their ass!.

1st off, netbook is a term, not a peice of technology, so how is it slowing progress? 2nd, what do you think would happen if you decided to build a PC and sell it on ebay called "The Pentium"? They haven''t used that name in half a decade either! Does it still give you the right to use it if they own the trademark? Go ahead, use it. I'm sure Intel would love that.....

Intel, is a waste of money and my time. It's a matter of time till they fall from greed.

anonuser

March 03, 2009 at 12:49pm

I have the sister version (Psion7) and pretty sure the Netbook was still a supported platform when I re-downloaded the development environment last year.

Still a cracking and much sort after unit just look at the prices they command on ebay when they pop up (Netbook) that is and I am sure they also had a pro version running M$ windows CE4

So to me they still exist... they still have a development environment thus in my book Psion have valid rights to the name.
Just my 2€
Regards
Paul.

AntiHero

March 03, 2009 at 12:36pm

Seriously, intel will clean them up. Intel and Dell are two BIG name companies that are world known. Psion is a company that if you said their name in a room of tech people, i would give a good bet most won't know about it.

Veszerin

March 03, 2009 at 12:35pm

Psion has absolutely no case.

 

The whole concept of copyrights and intellectual property is BS already, and psion's taking that to an extreme.

 

This is just like when that woman tried to sue JK Rowling for using the word 'muggle' in harry potter.

Saltboy

March 03, 2009 at 12:19pm

So it is okay for Intel to try and squash these guys just cause they have not used it in a few years?  Thank goodness you folks do not write and enforce the rules.  There are a lot of angles on this, but the fact is Psion owns the trademark and have every right to defend it when it is used without their permission.  I am quite anxious to see how this plays out.  I am not partial to Psion, but Intel's claims seem pretty pathetic to me.

CTskifreak

March 03, 2009 at 12:12pm

As much as I root for underdog at times, Psion, you're done. Those numbers are really odd, and no one has heard of you before now. They won't win this case, becaues they refiled for it when they weren't even using it.

 

Veszerin

March 03, 2009 at 11:33am

You have successfully wasted the worlds time stifling innovation just so you could baww about a trademark you haven't used in over half a decade, and failed miserably.

you had a product called the netBook. No one cared and now years later, netbook is a general term for a cheap notebook.  

Get over it and stop wasting people's time.