The term ‘Smartbook’ might be in danger

Smartbook AG issues a cease and desist In what seems to be a bad case of  déjà vu with the ‘netbooks’ incident, German company Smartbook AG has issued a cease-and-desist to Netbooknews.de , claiming it owns the trademark on the term “smartbook”.  Smartboko AG claims the use of the term ‘Smartbook’ on the Germans news site is damaging to their reputation and a letter they sent  demands that within two weeks all instances of the word be stricken from both the German and English-language versions. [Via jkOnTheRun ] Share and Enjoy:

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