Just days before it is to launch the first Chromebooks, Google is being sued over the name it has chosen for its new Chrome OS powered devices. ISYS Technologies filed an injunction in a Utah district court, alleging that the name is “confusingly similar” to that of the ChromiumPC, a desktop computer running Chrome OS and just announced by Xi3, a subsidiary it owns. It asks that a temporary restraining order be placed on Google and its partners to prevent marketing and sales from going forward.
ISYS had tried to trademark the ChromiumPC name last year but was blocked by Google which argued that the name was too similar to that of the Chromium OS. According to ISYS, Google had wanted to originally name its devices ‘Speedbooks’ but chose Chromebooks instead when it found out that the former was already in use.
It remains to be seen if ISYS will be successful in delaying the launch of the Google Chromebooks.