Motorola sued over Xoom name

User Comments: 12

1. February 28, 2011 5:21 PM
   

   princeton said:

   They'll lose. You can only trademark a name and a lawsuit can only be successful when the two products can be easily confused. This would be like confusing a mac with a good computer.

   (sorry, had to do it :P)

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2. February 28, 2011 5:27 PM
   

   treeski said:

   To confuse and mislead consumers, Motorola without authorization deliberately and unlawfully appropriated Xoom's trade name and trademark rights.

   Who's confused? I had no idea this other Xoom company even existed.

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3. February 28, 2011 5:30 PM
   

   princeton said:

   treeski said:

   To confuse and mislead consumers, Motorola without authorization deliberately and unlawfully appropriated Xoom's trade name and trademark rights.

   Who's confused? I had no idea this other Xoom company even existed.

   Seriously. Did some buyer walk into verizon asking to purchase a money transfer company?

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4. February 28, 2011 5:34 PM
   

   Wagan8r said:

   Princeton said:

   They'll lose. You can only trademark a name and a lawsuit can only be successful when the two products can be easily confused. This would be like confusing a mac with a good computer.

   (sorry, had to do it :P)

   Oh, snap!

   Yeah, payment services and a tablet have very little cross-over. Heck, the tablet Xoom may end up giving Xoom Corp. some free publicity (lawsuit aside).

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5. February 28, 2011 6:23 PM
   

   TrekExpert said:

   Agreed. I don't think anyone is stupid enough to the get a tablet mixed up with a money transferring service.

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6. February 28, 2011 6:36 PM
   

   mattfrompa said:

   Who the heck uses Xoom for money transfer?

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7. February 28, 2011 6:57 PM
   

   KG363 said:

   How were they supposed to know. I had never heard of Xoom

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8. February 28, 2011 8:50 PM
   bimboy56 said:

   I thought it's two words to make up one? "Motorola Xoom". Unless they named it just Xoom, then oh well. LOL :P Just being non sense :P

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9. February 28, 2011 8:51 PM
   

   Sarcasm said:

   Damn you Motorola, you made me think that you were releasing a tablet version for money transfer. Oh the horror.

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10. March 1, 2011 2:13 AM
    

    Arris said:

    Hi Xoom corp, It's actually Motorola Xo0m, honest...

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11. March 1, 2011 3:18 AM
    

    taimuraly said:

    LMAO so they just released this, the Motorola Xoom has been in the news for a long time. Besides the name, they are also suing Motorola for false designation of origin, unfair competition, unfair business practices, false advertising, and more.... Lol

    Here's my view on some of those allegations,

    False designation of origin - I am sure there are more people who know Motorola than this company, Motorola is surely more globally then their company plus why would Motorola want people to think that the tablet is from a money transferring company and not from a well established multinational, telecommunications company.

    Unfair competition - ............. don't see it (seriously don't know how they came up to this assumption). Maybe they mean that people think that because the tablet is associated with Xoom Corp, buying the Motorola Xoom Tablet would give them insight and edge over making financial decisions therefore giving Motorola an unfair advantage over other tablets.

    False advertising - Motorola show their product, their Motorola Xoom tablet and nothing about money transferring in their ads. Don't remember any ad where their Motorola Xoom tablet is in a San Francisco-based money transfer company lol

    If I was Motorola I would countersue Xoom Corp for trying to associate their company with my anticipated and well-known product (false designation of origin) and getting free publicity and competitive edge over their rivals (unfair competition, unfair business practices, false advertising -think they can all fit here =P)

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12. April 9, 2011 11:19 AM
    

    T77 said:

    Nice and easy way to earn publicity and money..lol

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