Apple cracks down on use of the word 'pod'

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Apple has stepped up its legal crackdown on businesses using the word 'pod' in product and company names.

The company sent a cease-and-desist order last week to Podcast Ready, which markets an application known as myPodder that lets users download podcasts directly to a portable music player.

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What do you think about this? .Although they have 'pod' as a trademark (dunno why, no one i know EVER calls it a pod, always 'ipod') suing someone for having it in a compound word is just over the top!

and actually, someone ELSE owns the trademark for the oft used 'podcast.' Are apple gonna have a go at Podcast Limited as well?