Apple lays Legal Claim to The Word 'Pod'

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Richard Waters[Edit][Delete]: Apple lays Legal Claim to The Word 'Pod', Financial Times [Edit][Delete] August 15, 2006
Open the pod bay door, HAL. Somebody should explain the meaning of the word 'theft' to these corporations. The word 'pod' was a perfectly good word, usable by all, until Apple came along. And then the company simply snagged it out of the public domain and now claims it as its own. More...