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HappinessNow
January 3rd, 2010, 01:37 PM
Isa **** Hackett daughter of late Phillip K. **** claims to be dismayed and shocked that Google didn't ask her permission to use the name Nexus One.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/is-the-google-phone-an-unauthorized-replicant/

Remember this is simply a blog post at the NY Times, they try to build a correlation of Verizon getting permission to use the word 'Droid' which is a registered trademark by Lucasfilm Ltd.. Here is the important difference 'Nexus' and/or 'Nexus One' were never registered trademarks of Electric Shepherd Productions.

I am a big fan of Phillip K. **** books, and "Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?" is one of my favorite books of all time but I see No correlation between Google's Nexus One and Nexus 6 referred to in the book. I think the inference by the NY Times Blogger JENNA WORTHAM is a distant stretch.

HappinessNow
January 3rd, 2010, 01:40 PM
nex⋅us  [nek-suhs]
–noun, plural nex⋅us⋅es, nex⋅us.
1. a means of connection; tie; link.
2. a connected series or group.
3. the core or center, as of a matter or situation.
4. Cell Biology. a specialized area of the cell membrane involved in intercellular communication and adhesion.
Origin:
1655–65; < L nexus a binding, joining, fastening, equiv. to nect(ere) to bind, fasten, tie + -tus suffix of v. actionhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Nexus


an⋅droid  [an-droid]
–noun
an automaton in the form of a human being.
Origin:
1720–30; < NL androīdēs. See andr-, -oid http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/android