The family of the the Author of the sci-fi novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” that later became the sci-fi classic Blade Runner says that Google lifted the name of their new smart phone, Nexus One from the book.
The book written by Philip K. Dick, was about a private detective tracking down a rogue android, a Nexus 6 model.
“Google takes first and then deals with the fallout later,” Isa Dick Hackett, Dick’s daughter, told Wired.com.
The family says the use is a trademark violation, and sent Google a letter Wednesday demanding the company cease using the Nexus name and requesting the company turn over relevant documents within 10 days.
However, the Nexus One character wasn’t trademarked by the family.
Does Google dream of electric cash? One has to open a Google Checkout account to purchase the Nexus One phone from the Google store.
Looks like a desperate attempt by the family to make some quick cash.
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I feel, that also the Google mobile-OS name’s “Android” was “inspired” by Blade Runner… š
however, at Google it’s VERY COMMON to apply these “methods” as, unfortunately, I’ve experienced also PERSONALLY with MY idea of a Moonrovers Prize Competition…
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Give me a break! Typical America legal bs. IMO google is a generic-ly greedy corporation, but if it’s a crime to name a phone after a ficticious entity in a movie, then I’m going to say that the system is more criminal than the violator.
i traveled thru time and gave pkd *all* his ideas.
just to screw with google.
In other news, the Taser folks are being sued by the estate of Victor Appleton for using “Tom Swift’s Electric Rifle” as the inspiration for the name of the Taser.
The family of author Thomas Pynchon is suing the makers of “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai” for using the fictional “Yoyodyne Corp.” in their movie, which was a reference to a fictional company in the novel “The Crying of Lot 49”.
Um, actually, no, they aren’t. An author does not have rights in the name of some doodad in a novel.
This is a garbage claim by the family
Phillip K. Dick’s ‘Blade Runner’ may have been heavily influenced by the founding father of science-fiction, Isaac Asimov and his story ‘The Caves of Steel’ (1954). The stories share many of the same issues.
I wonder what they have to say about that.