Who the hell is Android Data Corp anyway?
May 1st, 2009 | Published in Mobile Apps, Mobile Communities, Mobile Devices, Statistics on Mobile Devices | 11 Comments
If you type in “Android Data Corporation” in google you can’t even find a URL to go to. Nevertheless, this company is suing Google, the Open Handset Alliance, KDDI Corporation, NTT DoCoMo, Softbank, Spring Nextel, T-Mobile, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Vodafone, AKM Semiconductor, Audience, ARM, Atheros, Broadcom, Ericsson, Intel, Marvell Semiconductor, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Sirf Technology, Synaptics, Texas Instruments, Asustek, IITC, Huawei, LG Electronics, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, Ascender, Ebay, Living Image, Myriad, Nuance Communications, Omron Software, Packet Video,SkyPop, Sonivox, Aplix, Borqs, Noser Engineering, TAT – the Astonishing Tribe, Teleca, Wind River, Garmin International and apparetly anyone using the name Android.
The trademark for the name Android Data was filed on the 4th of June 2000 and granted on the 22nd October 2002. Google filed an application for the word “Android” on the 31st October 2007 and it wasn’t granted for the mentioned reasons. Patiently, Erich Specht waited a couple of years to sue everybody and cash out. It is more than obvious that Mr. Specht is after the money, the question is how much will he settle for. Rumors are… 100 million.
May 3rd, 2009 at 2:41 PM (#)
[...] Don’t try to fud Specht’s “company,” Android Data, using Google. It does not have a Web site. Which leads some to call Mr. Specht a trademark troll. [...]
May 3rd, 2009 at 5:09 PM (#)
Google should probably buy the name from Eric Specht for a few million. – Arunabh Das
May 3rd, 2009 at 7:15 PM (#)
LMAO! Luvs the Android graphic and post title. Could ya blame the guy, if I could get a couple mil from Google I would!
May 3rd, 2009 at 7:27 PM (#)
The guy wants 100 million
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 PM (#)
You think that the real Android Data would shwo up in a google serch, The Google compny that is trying to smash Android Data?
“Erich Specht waited 5 years to sue everybody” I have never evan heard of google Android untell today.
“Google left itself open to the legal problems after it applied for a trademark for Android in October of 2007 and was denied.” how long did it take before google was denied the trade mark? a year or 2? that brings us to 2009. This cuts your 5 year time frame down to 2 years or less. So could could supect Mr. Specht might not have been ready for google to power slam his trademark. So your time frame is a little off….more like a year for the a law suit or less. Looks like Mr. Specht is on the ball and protecting his trademark. from the Oger know as Google.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:58 AM (#)
Too bad google is bias. Google is blocking users from finding anything about
Android Data Corp (http://www.erichspecht.com/index.html)
If they have nothing to fear nor hide they should not care and give users searchs they want as oppose to blocking them.
if you do a Yahoo search you will find Android data Corp.
I am quitting Google and moving to Yahoo!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:09 AM (#)
Of course, Google is biased, but Microsoft’s Live is, if anything, biased the other way…
… and their search results are identical to Google’s.
Obvious Troll is Obvious.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:03 AM (#)
http://www.Android-data.com
May 4th, 2009 at 8:30 AM (#)
[...] a Forbes, o responsável por essa turbulência é Eric Specht, dono da empresa conhecida como Android Data Corporation, registrada há sete anos – desde 2002. Ele apresentou de forma oficial uma queixa na corte [...]
May 4th, 2009 at 11:24 PM (#)
I went to this http://www.erichspecht.com/index.html and you know what that is a hastily put together site with stuff all content, nothing on the product or service supplied just some contacts, no screen shots of the product, just some twit put up a site quick as with some bullshit so he can do the stupid American thing (sue somebody)
July 9th, 2010 at 8:00 PM (#)
mobile marketing will be open another market for goods and services just like in the internet-~.