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- inactive, on 05/04/2009, -0/+28Yet another frivolous and unnecessary lawsuit.
- disappointed, on 05/04/2009, -0/+27Nah mate, you go for it. Google can't afford better lawyers than you...
- TheXboxReview, on 05/04/2009, -0/+21FTA:
"However, it turns out that Android Data's business lapsed for several years with no activity between the awarding of the trademark and today—in fact, the company was dissolved in 2004 and lost its domain (androiddata.com) to a link farm. Only recently was the new company website resurrected that now sits at android-data.com, a domain that was registered on April 20, 2009—just days before Specht's lawsuit was filed. Given these tidbits of evidence, Google may have a little more of a defense than Specht seems to believe." - sindex, on 05/05/2009, -0/+9"I once had a dream of being an important developer during the dot com boom. Sadly my business acumen didn't match my lofty goals and it all fell apart. But then some big company sort-of used a name similar to mine to do something sort-of related to something I almost did once. Now I'm going to pretend I didn't drop off the face of the planet for 5 years and sue the biggest company in the world to make me rich."
I see absolutely no flaw in that plan. You go for it, guy no one's ever heard of! - u8myfoood, on 05/05/2009, -0/+7These people are just like patent trolls or Monster Cables Products Inc., ***** scums of the earth. These people jump up at any chance to make some quick money!
- mattbirk, on 05/05/2009, -2/+6Tell them how much their site sucks:
support@android-data.com - CaptainReid, on 05/05/2009, -0/+4Android kinda sucks. The name, that is. I wish Google had called it CYLON!
- mclewell, on 05/05/2009, -3/+7I read that as "5 year old may help google" and was very intrigued.
- Ainvar, on 05/05/2009, -0/+3Funny how this has been out for years with tons of ads and information blasted all the internet and this guy thought it was just a device. Sounds more like he was squatting for a while to see how much money they were going to make and now wants to make an easy buck. He is Android Data and someone using a OS called Android on a mobile phone is not going to confuse this guys crap that not even in business anymore over something from Google.
I mean come on, prolly some wanker from who knows his idea is an epic fail and now wants a free handout. - toxictonic, on 05/05/2009, -1/+4Patent trolls suck. Trademark trolls suck.
Android Data® is a registered trademark of The Android's Dungeon Incorporated. DO NOT STEAL MY IDEAS I INVENTED ANDROID AND THE INTERNET ZOMG. - dext3r, on 05/05/2009, -0/+3Yeah, didn't Asimov invent the word Android, anways? Neither Google nor Sprecht were the first to come up with it...
- Tddupre, on 05/05/2009, -0/+3So this is probably what happened. Specht and a few friends were getting really stoned on 4/20 and thought "Hey I own the 'Android' trademark lets sue Google and a ***** load of other companies."
- johnomaz, on 05/05/2009, -3/+6Then leave digg. Last time its a user submitted site. If you wish to control the content, then get a job at Apple.
- grimacebrown, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Ditto.
After that figuring out it was 'five-year hole'... that just sorta made it disgusting. - sneaker98, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Monster Cables figured out how! ;)
- Dested, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Boyfriend just got a sex change recently, aye?
- carterx, on 05/05/2009, -0/+1I love how people like this let the name, technology etc. be used for a few years so that its nice and big then file legal action.
- Udderdude999, on 05/05/2009, -0/+1www.android-data.com
Holy crap, that is some sweet flash animation on their site. That server is totally vomiting out paper. And what's going on with the blue balls heading into it's, uh, rear ports? - qwertydvorak, on 05/06/2009, -0/+1it is a common noun nowadays. i didn't think you could trademark common words.
- boozedrinker, on 05/05/2009, -3/+4I'm so sick of this *****....
- billyfalconer, on 05/05/2009, -0/+1Actually, I'm embarrassed by the Android name, and wouldn't mind if it changed, for whatever reason. I usually call it Google or Linux when I talk to people about that OS.
- admdrew, on 09/30/2009, -0/+1cylons are the crazy bitches of ai; you can ***** them, but they also kill you.
if i reset my android and it murders me in response, i will be unhappy - CaptainReid, on 05/05/2009, -0/+1I thought everyone knew that Al Gore invented the internets.
- sickb13, on 05/05/2009, -0/+1Solve it the American way, with money.
- Thermopolis, on 05/05/2009, -0/+0Ah, yes. The spirit of the litigious entrepreneur. If you can't make a fortune through your own hard work then sue someone else for it!
- jostheller, on 05/05/2009, -2/+2That trademark should have never been granted in the first place. Android and Data are both very common words. Perhaps allow the trademark of the union of those two words, but they shouldn't have been allowed to own the word Android. lame.
- RonADiSH, on 05/05/2009, -2/+1how can you own a word?
- inactive, on 05/05/2009, -3/+2Yeah, because Microsoft initiates their own ***** lawsuits all the time. They deserve it.
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- boozedrinker, on 05/05/2009, -5/+2You sounded really ***** stupid right there. You win the idiot of the day award!!!
- awesomelin, on 05/05/2009, -7/+1if it was some other company like microsoft on defending side digg would sing a diff tune
- x5pfif, on 05/05/2009, -8/+1Big companies always win these cases. :(
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