January 30, 2014

Microsoft might be forced (again) to change the name of SkyDrive

After changing the name of SkyDrive as a result of a legal objection of British Sky Broadcasting, Microsoft faces problems with the new name OneDrive. In July 2013, a British court welcomed pending an appeal by British Sky Broadcasting Group , according to which the name SkyDrive motivated among European consumers an unacceptable association with the trademark Sky , from his property. This week, Microsoft decided to definitively renounce the name SkyDrive for cloud storage services. The day before, the company announced that mark SkyDrive would be replaced now by OneDrive. However, the idea might not have been entirely accurate, since the company hosted by, also dedicated to the storage in the cloud, has filed his own objection. Thomas Medard Frederiksen, CEO of One.com, said today the publication Neowin.net, that your company is in talks with lawyers’ experts in trademark protection, in order to determine whether the new name chosen by Microsoft violates its own trademark. One.com
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