Interesting. I guess Lucasfilm's legal department will have its hands full if they ever decide to pursue this. There are literally hundreds of apps in the Marketplace with 'droid' in the name (e.g. ElectroDroid, QR Droid, Droid Auctions, Phit Droid, Periodic Droid, Droid DJ, Droid Cha Cha, Sports Radio Droid, Droid Wallet, Droid Mini Golf, Droid Rider, Droid Says, Droid Eye, Droid Light, Pleasure Droid, Droid Life, Droid Tesla, Miss Droid, LOL Droid, Inventory Droid, Soccer Droid, Dr. Droid, Droid Guy, etc., etc., etc.).
Anyway, I kind of doubt they could really do much if it forms part of a compound word, like 'MonoDroid' or 'Monodroid'. I mean, then they'd have a claim against the word 'Android' itself, wouldn't they? I think if it had been my decision I would have gone with MonoDroid and then fallen back on Mono for Android (or maybe even MonoAndroid) if Lucasfilm had an issue with it. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Jason Awbrey <ja...@awbrey.net> wrote: > *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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > Monodroid@lists.ximian.com > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > >
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