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Story about Apple's crackdown on 'pod' usage getting lots of pickup
After the story was first broken here on ZDNet last Friday, I'm getting a kick out of some of the headlines showing up around the Internet regarding the way Apple is cracking down on small businesses that have the word 'pod' in their product names: Apple sets laywers on pod people (The Register) Apple lays legal claim to the word Pod (The Financial Times) Apple legal targets 'Pod' people (MacWorld) Apple gets lawyers in over 'pod' companies (Silicon.
After the story was first broken here on ZDNet last Friday, I'm getting a kick out of some of the headlines showing up around the Internet regarding the way Apple is cracking down on small businesses that have the word 'pod' in their product names:
- Apple sets laywers on pod people (The Register)
- Apple lays legal claim to the word Pod (The Financial Times)
- Apple legal targets 'Pod' people (MacWorld)
- Apple gets lawyers in over 'pod' companies (Silicon.com)
- Apple takes aim at non-affiliated 'pods' (MSNBC)
- Apple in name claim game (P2PNet)
- Apple claims 'Pod' trademark (MacFixIt)
- Apple claims 'Pod' mark ownership (MacNN)
- Does Apple own all the naming rights to any electronic device named a pod? (Techdirt)
- No POD for you. Apple keeps close tabs on brand name (Engadget)
There's also a huge amount of pickup of the story in the blogosphere (via Technorati).