p2pnet news view P2P:- “Save the Netbooks is a grassroots campaign web site founded to defend the term netbook from impending trademark action by Psion Teklogix,” says the Wikipedia.

“It was established on 17 February 2009, half way through a three month amnesty proposed in a cease and desist letter delivered to ‘literally hundreds’ of users of the term on 23 December 2007,” says the post, going on:

^” It features a countdown timer to the end of March 31 2009 deadline specified in the letter, a blog and Twitter and Facebook communities.^“

But Save the Netbooks has declared a victory after only 48 hours.

“The goal of the campaign is to keep the term netbook in the public lexicon by raising awareness around the issue in the hope that the threats are withdrawn or the marks are found to be unenforceable,  says the Wikipedia, adding^:

“On the basis that the petition to cancel filed had little chance of not being successful, the campaign declared victory 48 hours after launching, continuing related efforts to lift the AdWords ban and participate in the following debate.”

Says the campaign site »»»

Canadian firm Psion Teklogix is pushing forward with a plan (PDF) to hijack the netbook industry using registered trademarks (like this one) that experts believe to be unenforceable.

Psion Teklogix has sent “literally hundreds” of cease & desist letters (sample) to netbook manufacturers and retailers (as well as bloggers and journalists) giving them until the end of March 2009 to “transition to a different descriptive term”.

This plan could raise prices, cause confusion and ultimately limit consumer choice.

“By letting others know just what we think of Psion Teklogix and their ‘netbook’ trademarks, we can support this fledgling industry and protect consumer choice,” it concludes.

February , 2009

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