Apple Claims Right Over "Pod" Term

After Google's informal appeal to the media to refrain from using “Google” in a verb form, its turn for Apple to claim its right over the word “Pod”. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has sent cease-and-desist letters to two companies that include the word "pod" in their product titles.Mach5products.com received one of the letters for Profit Pod, a device for collecting data from vending machines and TightPod, manufactures of laptop-protecting covers got another. Apple has asked both companies to rename their products, on grounds of infringing the iPod trademark. However, analysts say Apple is not likely to take the two companies to court.Read more here.