Microsoft loses 'SkyDrive' trademark case in EU

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  1. Posts : 542
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       #10

    so would this mean we would all lose access to SkyDrive or will they just change the name and we will still be using it
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  2. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #11

    Maybe they could re-name it MS-NSA SpyDrive
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  3. Posts : 1,711
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       #12

    techtitan100 said:
    so would this mean we would all lose access to SkyDrive or will they just change the name and we will still be using it
    Trademark fighting usually means that the loser changes name of its stuff. Don't worry, MS needs its cloud services too much to close them just because of the wrong name.
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  4. Posts : 415
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       #13

    DocBrown said:
    Maybe they could re-name it MS-NSA SpyDrive
    BINGO!!!

    It's why disabling Sky-Drive was the very first thing I did when installing 8.1
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    DocBrown said:
    Maybe they could re-name it MS-NSA SpyDrive
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  6. Posts : 2,298
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       #15

    They'll most likely change the name like they did with the old Windows 8 'Metro' interface.

    One thing that I do known is that companies can't trademark letters which is probably why you see a lot of 'i' things around since apple can't trademark.
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  7. Posts : 1,397
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    Dinesh said:
    I hope they ain't shutting down Skydrive following Technet.
    They will have to change the name I guess. Nosedive may be a goo choice?
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       #17

    Interesting to see what name they actually replace
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  9. Posts : 20,583
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    Wenda said:
    DocBrown said:
    Maybe they could re-name it MS-NSA SpyDrive
    BINGO!!!

    It's why disabling Sky-Drive was the very first thing I did when installing 8.1
    I wouldn't blame you for disabling/ Uninstalling skydrive desktop as a mesh/ sync service would often drag performance down,
    Skydrive as a whole is as Advertising free as it gets/ Zero adds/ Free 7 gig's for new accounts 25 gig's free space for existing Hotmail.com accounts !
    Uploads Original size files, No other service offers this to free accounts that I've found,
    I have yet to see a free and more than generous file sharing site offer more without upgrading to a paid for account ?
    Skydrive as a manual go to site is awesome/ add to favorites bar...
    Skydrive as in Metro/ probably not so great
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  10. Posts : 1,397
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       #19

    I use Mediafire and the free service offers 50GB of storage.
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