Google could be sued by the family of author Philip K Dick, the man behind the book Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep, which Blade Runner was based.
According to the daughter of the late author, Isa Dick Hackett, the name of the web company’s “superphone”—the Nexus One—is similar to the Nexus 6 cyborgs, which appear in the book, and is a trademark violation.
“Google takes first and then deals with the fallout later,” Dick Hackett told the Daily Telegraph.
More: http://www.macworld.com/article/145576/
............................................................................................
According to the daughter of the late author, Isa Dick Hackett, the name of the web company’s “superphone”—the Nexus One—is similar to the Nexus 6 cyborgs, which appear in the book, and is a trademark violation.
“Google takes first and then deals with the fallout later,” Dick Hackett told the Daily Telegraph.
More: http://www.macworld.com/article/145576/
