*DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies. Used under license* * * * http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=12059&NewsAreaID=22 * On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Dean Sadites <dsadi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, makes sense. So we're probably perfectly okay referring to it as > MonoDroid in casual conversation; it just can't be used in any official > capacity. So, did Motorola license the trademark from Lucas? > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Wally McClure < > theevilprogram...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> The story I was told was that the name MonoDroid has the term Droid in >> it. George Lucas owns the trademark to the term. Given that Motorola >> licensed the term, there was precedence for Droid being used in the mobile >> space. To be safe, they named it Mono for Android. >> >> Wally >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:07:41 -0400 >> From: dsadi...@gmail.com >> To: monodroid@lists.ximian.com >> Subject: [mono-android] Use of MonoDroid >> >> What's the deal with the MonoDroid name? Why did Novell/Xamarin end up >> going with "Mono for Android," when MonoDroid seems to be more in line with >> the existing MonoTouch name (and is so much easier to say and write)? Was >> there some sort of copyright or trademark issue? >> >> _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list >> Monodroid@lists.ximian.com UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Monodroid mailing list >> Monodroid@lists.ximian.com >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > Monodroid@lists.ximian.com > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > >
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