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Motorola has settled a trademark lawsuit in the US over the name "Xoom", and will "phase out" its use on a Googlerola fondleslab. The Google-owned mobile device maker was sued by online payment provider Xoom Corporation on the day a tablet bearing the name Xoom was launched back in 2011 and settled the case in a confidential …

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  1. Thomas 4
    IT Angle

    Wait wait

    Two IT companies reaching a sensible agreement and moving on instead of suing each other into oblivion?

    I'm so confused. This isn't how tech companies operate.

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    1. wowfood
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      Re: Wait wait

      Maybe part of the deal was Google 'buying out' Xoom.

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  2. John Brown (no body) Silver badge

    I'm guessing one side or the other finally got around to searching the interwebs and realised that spelling Zoom with an X in a company or product name is not really all that unique so the 4 letters in that order are not a trademark. The typeface, colours and other graphical nuance are what make it a trademark.

    And since a mobile phone is unlikely to be mistaken for a moneylender, there's little likelihood of confusing a Xoom phone with most or all of the other "Xooms" out there in the world.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Trademarks are only valid if they are defended, if you don't defend or use your trademark then it becomes invalid.

      I'd say Xoom is a lot more "unique" than Windows, Boots, Galaxy (choc and phone).

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  3. Captain Scarlet
    Paris Hilton

    Xoom

    Hmm I remember Xoom.com as a really old free web host.

    I feel really old now :(

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