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Google Phone in Name Dispute
December 15, 2009 - 8:15pm — Bibliofuture
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Google appears to be reaching out to "Blade Runner" fans with its planned smartphone, currently called Nexus One. But nobody consulted the heirs of Philip K. Dick, who say they own the rights to the term their father coined four decades ago.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/is-the-google-phone-an-unauthorized-replicant/?ref=...
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