Comments on: Qualcomm Hit With Restraining Order Over Smartbook Name http://gigaom.com/mobile/qualcomm-hit-with-restraining-order-over-smartbook-name/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Claves http://gigaom.com/mobile/qualcomm-hit-with-restraining-order-over-smartbook-name/#comment-424768 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:06:12 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=42865#comment-424768 heard about this over at http://www.smartbook.asia first but i didn’t find the quote “Internet sites of the Qualcomm Inc. such as http://www.hellosmartbook.com and Internet sites of the German branch office Qualcomm CDMA GmbH, which refer to the U.S. web site of the Qualcomm Inc., were already blocked for users with a German IP address,” according to Dirk Pick, CEO of Smartbook AG.”

guess it just goes to show that eventually someone wanted to cash in on that word

]]> By: Sascha Pallenberg http://gigaom.com/mobile/qualcomm-hit-with-restraining-order-over-smartbook-name/#comment-424767 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:21:52 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=42865#comment-424767 They already have it online for at least a week. Still, it seems that they are now blocking german ip adresses. It’s a really strange case imho

]]> By: Christiane http://gigaom.com/mobile/qualcomm-hit-with-restraining-order-over-smartbook-name/#comment-424766 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:23:18 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=42865#comment-424766 FYI – at the bottom of http://www.hellosmartbook.com there is this wording ‘now’ appears:
*Legal notice: In the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the use of the term “Smartbook” in connection with portable computers is reserved exclusively to Smartbook AG, Germany.

Question is; will it be enough to appease Smartbook AG?

]]> By: Christiane http://gigaom.com/mobile/qualcomm-hit-with-restraining-order-over-smartbook-name/#comment-424765 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:02:55 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=42865#comment-424765 Is this what you’re seeking?
http://s212874148.online.de/PM01_09_SMARTBOOK_EN.pdf

Found it on Smartbook AG’s website under Presse/News. The first press release seems to be the German version and the second is English. Both have the date (datum) of 01.09.2009 or Sept 1, 2009.
http://www.smartbook.de/Content/Presse.aspx

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/qualcomm-hit-with-restraining-order-over-smartbook-name/#comment-424764 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:08:01 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=42865#comment-424764 I received the press release via email and no link was provided. You Germans would be blocked from seeing it anyway, right? :)

I believe you are fine too Sascha. Courts can protect trademarks but they can’t ban you from using words, those are two different things. Good luck with the lawyers.

]]> By: Sascha Pallenberg http://gigaom.com/mobile/qualcomm-hit-with-restraining-order-over-smartbook-name/#comment-424763 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:04:27 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=42865#comment-424763 Great find James! Do you have any link to the german pressrelease? I just can’t find it.

I talked to my german lawyers and i am going to meet them in Berlin next week. We still believe that we are fine.

Let’s see how this works out.

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