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by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 16, 2004 5:00pm PDT

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- Don't spend money that doesn't belong to you. - Picasa released, Google tech powered picture organizing program. - Martha Stewart gets five months of jail time. - Las Vegas now has a monorail. - Don't play illegal chess, they'll get you!

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Whats up with US robotics in "I,Robot"? How did the movie get the license to use that brand? They still make networking products, correct?

Jul 17, 2004 12:51am PDT

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Whats up with US robotics in "I,Robot"? How did the movie get the license to use that brand? They still m... : pvtmike
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  I think they can use the name because it's in the book. : TheMonkeyWench
  - No, it's US Robots in the book. : nomaad
- "Only a US Robotics product could qithstand the pure, concentrated levels of suck in this film." ? : genjuro
- Nice... post of the century. : Pink0r
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  Perhaps the correct question is to ask how can the company use that name? : jake
  - uh....yeah : pvtmike
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  funny post. makes me wonder whatever happened to the old modem company... so i checked them out:
  http://www.usr.com/home.asp
  and not only do they hype an xbox/ps2 wifi hub, but they claim that the movie took the name from them - well they do mention that they took the name from the book after that...
  
  and yes, how come they were able to use that name - was the book no longer under copyright?
  
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  funny post. makes me wonder whatever happened to the old modem company... so i checked them out: http:/... : hal9000
  - Perhaps it's because using the name of a company in a book isn't really copyrighting the name? I'm only a... : thecray
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  The founders of USR, being geeks and all, took the company name from Asimov's book. Kids today. Her : SatansLilHelper
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    I didn't even think they were still around. I thought they got bought out by 3com : Lynn Minmei
    - something like that, but someone paid some $$ for that movie reference : mr brown
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  OMG the modems are gonna take over! : silly
  - 2008: the internet becomes sentient : grimiv

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