Posts Tagged: Netbooks

Intel is joining Dell in challenging Psion’s claim to the netbook trademark. I realise that Dell and Intel’s motives are purely commercial, but I dislike the patent and trademark litigation culture that has grown alongside the technology industry. I agree wholeheartedly that companies’ ideas and designs should be protected, but only when their claims are… Continue Reading ›

As an ex-Psion employee, I was disappointed and a little saddened to learn of Psion’s spurious trademark claim to the word netbook. Psion was once a great technology company, practically inventing the PDA, creating some classic hardware designs, and creating the operating system that powers a huge proportion of today’s smartphones: Symbian. Psion launched the… Continue Reading ›