Psion demanded that Intel billion dollars per word netbook.

KommentariiNetbuk pretknoveniya26.02.2009Intel and Dell challenged the right of the word netbookKompaniya Psion filed in court in Intel, accusing the latter of the illegal use of the word netbook (netbuk), which is a registered trademarks Psion, said Ars Technica.
Psion has demanded compensation from Intel for the illegal use of trade marks. The amount of compensation - 1,2 billion dollars. In many Psion assessed the proceeds received from sales of Intel chip Atom.
Psion also demanded the closure of the site netbook.com, owned by Intel. It describes ultradeshevye laptops, which Intel calls netbukami, processors and Atom, to be installed in these PCs.
Recall that two handheld computer netBook and netBook Pro Psion were issued in 2000. Their names are registered trademarks. In December 2008, Psion netbook required to remove the word from the site.
Companies, on sites where the word occurs netbook, it was proposed to remove him from there until the end of March 2009. Its continued use would be regarded as Psion harm right.
At the end of February 2009 Dell and Intel demanded to cancel the trademark netbook. Representatives of these companies said that Psion is not producing any products under this brand is already six years old.
However, Psion stress that still sell netBook Pro. In particular, in 2008, the Company's revenues from sales of this computer was 60 900 dollars. The peak of its sales came in 2006. Then netBook Pro Psion has sold more than two million dollars.