Apple files 873-page court paper claiming ownership of the word "pod"

[billysastard]

You can view the page at http://www.maxconsole.net/content.ph...f-the-word-pod

[Squirrel61]

They can't claim the sole right to the use of the word "pod". The most they can do is claim the use of this word in conjunction with mediaplayers. But filing an 873 page document for just this seems a little overkill to me. Probably they also have an army of lawyers ready for infringements on this claim.

[SyianZi]

Does this mean if they claim the ownership of the word "pod" that supermarkets and veg shops will have to call pea pods something else? o.O; seem's a little silly to me, I figure if they claim the work in conjunction to mediaplayers as stated above that makes much more sence, however the WHOLE word? >.> I might just claim ownership of Capital Letters -.-

[DjoeN]

So Ca George Lucas fill a lawsuit to apple cause of the word pod?

If i remeber right, somewhere the use the word, racepod, that was even, before the ipod was out

Phantom Menace -> released in 1999
iPod -> released in 2001
P.O.D. -> (Payable On Death) is an American band formed in 1992
Business

• Payable on Death, term used on certain bank accounts or Totten trusts, where payment is made to specified person upon account holder's death
• Proof of delivery, an international commerce term for a signed document proving delivery
• Print on demand (also "publishing on demand"), published works not produced until a copy is ordered
• See Moving company for Portable On Demand Storage, a portable storage unit

[edit] Computers

• Ping of death, a type of attack on a computer
• Plain Old Data structure, a term for all data types from the C programming language in C++
• Plain Old Documentation, a platform-independent documentation tool for the computer language Perl
• Point of Delivery, a module or group of network, compute, storage, and application components that work together to deliver a network service
• Power On Diagnostics, the start up sequence of computers before the Operating system is loaded. Invoked as a part of BIOS or PROM
• Python Open Document

[edit] Entertainment

• POD - Planet of Death, a pc racing game game released in 1997 by Ubisoft
• POD 2: Multiplayer Online/POD: Speedzone, a video game released in 2000 by Ubisoft
• The Path of Daggers, the eighth book of The Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, a rock musical starring Tenacious D
  • The Pick of Destiny, the soundtrack album
  • "POD" (song), a song on the album
• Power of Dreams, a Dublin-based pop/rock band
• Pod, a short user-created non-fiction video or documentary aired by Current TV
• EVA Pod, a fictional spacecraft used for extra-vehicular activity seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Pod, A fictional organic gaming console featured in the movie eXistenZ
• Pod, The growth medium for the replacements in Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• POD - the Personal Overhaul Device on Snog Marry Avoid?
• Prince of Darkness .. An appellation claimed by Ozzy Osbourne and Gus S. Calabrese .. also refers to SayaGuma (Japanese: PODbear)

[edit] Music

• Pod (Afro Celt Sound System album), a 2004 album
• Pod (album), a rock album by The Breeders
• The Pod, a 1991 album by Ween
• P.O.D. an American alternative metal band from San Diego, California
• Pod (amp modeler), POD 2.0, FloorPOD and PODxt line of guitar amp modelers by Line 6

[edit] Mathematics

• Proper Orthogonal Decomposition or Principal components analysis, a method for obtaining approximate descriptions of multidimensional systems in statistics
• Probability of Detection, a nondestructive testing term

[edit] Medicine

• Pouch of Douglas or rectouterine pouch, an extension of the peritoneal cavity between the rectum and back wall of the uterus

[edit] Technology

• Protective Oceanic Device, an electronic shark repellent
• Pod, a small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations
• Pod, a method of propulsion for ships also known as an Azimuth thruster
• iPod, a portable media player designed by Apple Inc.
• Portable device, sometimes referred to as "pod," a partial backronym constructed from digital media similar to the iPod[citation needed]

[edit] Other

• Pod, a type of fruit of a flowering plant
• Pod, a social group of cetaceans (whales, porpoises, dolphins, etc.)
• Cephalopod
• Coffee pod
• Orthotube, a door-like security device seen in the BBC television series Spooks
• Point of divergence, the point at which an alternate history diverges from the normal timeline
• Post Office Department of the United States
• Pod (Illyrian settlement)

[Monaghan]

Nobody can own a word. That's just bullshit.

It's like the guy sueing SKYPE because he thought they were ripping him off by using the word "Sky" or something.

And it's like Paris Hilton trying to trademark "that's hot" for herself.

[billysastard]

Does this mean if they claim the ownership of the word "pod" that supermarkets and veg shops will have to call pea pods something else? o.O; seem's a little silly to me, I figure if they claim the work in conjunction to mediaplayers as stated above that makes much more sence, however the WHOLE word? >.> I might just claim ownership of Capital Letters -.-

but this claim is against a small company making a video projector not a media player.

[Tsujin]

If "video pod" is being confused with "ipod", you should probably consider getting smarter customers.

[msanchez]

Just when I think nobody can be quite as idiotic as sony.... I get a reality check from who else but my favorite bunch of buffoons. It's so ridiculous you would think it part of some comedy, or something.

[squall3031]

man,.... this is ridiculous...how about this company that manufactures this
http://www.google.com.au/images?um=1...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

sue Apple instead?

[Cyber Akuma]

If "video pod" is being confused with "ipod", you should probably consider getting smarter customers.

Too bad Apple's entire business model revolves around idiots that are swayed by flashy shiny things and willing to stand in line to pay hundreds a year for a small upgrade.

[danight]

Micheal buffer owns "lets get reeeeaaaady toooooo rummmmmmble"
coke cola owns the rights to how santa claus looks (thats why pepsi always uses a cartoon version in their xmas ads)

[rizzles]

APPLE files 245,689-Page court paper claiming ownership of the word "phone"

Next Apple sues Sesame Street on the use of the Letter "I"

[DLiver420]

Blame US copyright law: If Apple doesn't attempt to stop this (and similarly named products) then they risk being seen as "failing to defend" their copyright. Then when someone comes along with the "MyPod" (or some other blatant rip-off) Apple would have a serious fight on their hands. Failing to defend your copyright is the same as surrendering your copyright.

[chrisprocter01]

I associate products that are apple made/owned with the letter I ;Iphone, Ipad,Imac
pod is a reference to a small object capable with docking with something else

you can not own a word from a language

perhaps the estate of Robert Cawdry should copyright all the words he had in his first English dictionary?

[HuggernautNL]

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