30 Aug 09 Smartbook AG unhappy over use of the term ’smartbook’
It seems that a German company by the name of Smartbook AG is unpleased with companies utilizing the term ‘smartbook‘. In fact, they have recently told Netbooknews.de to stop using the term as Smartbook AG holds the trademark and copyright and the use of it is tarnishing their reputation.
What’s strange is the company has told the website to remove all references from the term on both their US and German websites which doesn’t make sense because they are based in Germany, not the US.
What would make more sense is if Smartbook AG went after companies deeming their products smartbooks, not the media.
via engadget
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Tags: copyright, Germany, lawsuit, smartbook ag, Trademark
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