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Not the same story but related: Microsoft had to rebrand his online storage SkyDrive to OneDrive once because the television broadcaster "Sky" won a trademark lawsuit in UK.

Can anyone tell me how this is possible? Why am I not allowed to use the word "sky" in any product name completely unrelated to TV?

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Sky is also an internet service provider. Not as far removed as TV really, and SkyDrive is hardly unrelated to internet service.

I'd say it doesn't seem to be a problem for Box and Dropbox, but it probably is; the two companies are just too similar.

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