Apparently Sony Ericsson is concerned that Clearwire might confuse folks by using a logo consisting of a “sphere with swirl marks” in the mobile market, so it’s asking a court to prevent the company from continuing to use the logo in any way and to grant them some monetary damages.
Whether Clearwire’s logos wind up being deemed as an infringement on Sony Ericsson’s trademarks or not, my heart goes out for the company as I sincerely doubt it’s in the best state to deal with the cost of a legal battle right now. [Sony Ericsson Complaint ([Warning: PDF) via Northwest Innovation via Engadget]
Mr Biggles
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 1:49 PMGawd, I’ve got a couple of “cat’s eye” marbles lying around from back in the good ol’ days…
… I’d better hide them before SE tries to take a piece of me too… :(
Andy
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 10:36 PMWOW would never guess that sony ericssons trade mark is the left one. seriously looks nothing alike.
anyway its an ericsson who cares nobody likes them anymore they make shit phone. this is coming from an ex sony ericsson fanboy. HTC FTW
Devil's Advocate
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 7:31 AMThey both have similarities with the Quark logo. Does that mean Quark will have to sue both of ‘em?!
The whole idea that you can build any kind of IP “rights” around a graphic is starting to look pretty silly.
Paul
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 1:57 PMWell I can’t tell the difference …
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>__>