| NEWS: Dick family takes legal action over Nexus One
Did Android steal from electric sheep?
So it seems that the family of Philip K Dick is more than a little miffed that Google has chosen a name rather close to that of the Replicants from Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep? for the latest big mobile phone.
We reported the words of the sci-fi author’s daughter before on hearing the use of the name Nexus One but the action was stepped up today as the family sent a letter to the seach giant asking the company to cease and disist from using the name.
Dick’s daughet, Isa Hackett, said:
“Google takes first and then deals with the fallout later. In my mind, there is a very obvious connection to my father’s novel. People don’t get it. It’s the principle of it. It would be nice to have a dialogue. We are open to it. That’s a way to start.”
Google explained the name of the phone as the idea of a Nexus being the meeting point of computer and phone but few can help see a possible influence particularly with Android as the common feature. Legal developments as we get them.
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Dick family takes legal action over Nexus One originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:49:53 +0000
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