Comments on: Please don’t sue me: Pod

By: Tohuwabohu

Tohuwabohu — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:11:26 +0000

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By: Brutal Gingerly

Brutal Gingerly — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:53:37 +0000

Apple doesn’t even own a Trademark on POD® - it is owned by Line6.

By: Andi

Andi — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:38:18 +0000

I have also heard that over there in the states you can patent smells!

And that once somebody patented the motion of swinging sideways on a swing… ya know you did it as a child! when ya pull on one side of the swing and it pulls ya sideways. well its patented

By: kj

kj — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:06:49 +0000

OMG PEAPOD!

By: JulesLt

JulesLt — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:27:35 +0000

To put a bit of perspective on this, like patenting obvious ideas this is one of those things businesses are often forced to do. If you don’t protect a trademark,

By: Nogz Blogz 3.3 » I think TAB Said it best

Nogz Blogz 3.3 » I think TAB Said it best — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:33:09 +0000

[...] The Apple Blog have really hit the nail on the head with this little rant… here I said it. I didn’t send a letter to Apple asking permission to use the word. I’m waiting for my cease and desist letter to arrive from Guido and Knuckles. Can I even push the envelope and put a small letter ‘i’ in front of it? What if I put some other word after P-O-D? Will Apple sue me or TAB for using the word without the complete consent and proper licensing paperwork? Thank you 1st Amendment, or is Apple going to sue the forefathers too? [...]

By: vanni

vanni — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:54:43 +0000

don’t me such pod-heads!

By: netZoo » Can a Trademark a Day Make Apple’s Competition Go Away?

netZoo » Can a Trademark a Day Make Apple’s Competition Go Away? — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:13:23 +0000

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By: Jason Terhorst

Jason Terhorst — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:34:03 +0000

There’s a heavy metal band that goes by the name of “P.O.D.” (”Payable on Death”). So is Apple going to sue them for the “pod” thing too?

By: Twist

Twist — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:45:25 +0000

How about making an application tailored to tracking the migration and feeding patterns of dolphins and calling it Pod Tracker? A group of dolphins is called a pod after all and has been for a very long time.

I completely agree that Apple is being very heavy-handed with their enforcement of their iPod trademark and from everything I have learn about trademarks they have nearly no legal ground at all to send cease and desist letters to people using the word “pod” in any form they wish unless it happens to be prepended by the letter “i”.

Next up on Apple’s agenda: sending cease and desist letters to everyone who has ever published a recipe for apple pie.