This just in. Apple Computer's suing Steven Speilberg and H.G. Wells for the use of the word "POD" in both the original "War Of The Worlds" and the 2004 remake produced by Speilberg.
Well, almost. Read below. I personally think Apple's going the way of Major League Baseball in its questionable view of how a word they didn't create is used by others just because they decided to name their device "iPod."
Personally, Apple's legal slopiness is going to run up against someone's first use trademark rights -- and Apple will have egg on its face. Or is it pod?
One part of me just thinks this is a way for their lawyers to justify their salaries. Another part of me holds that Apple's generally crack marketing staff -- cracked.
Don't believe me? Check out this article by David Berlind of zdnet.com. Apple's going after a small business -- a family.
What's up, Steve Jobs?
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