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Microsoft to rename SkyDrive in UK

SkyDrive is going to have to be re-branded in the UK and Europe because of a ruling that it infringes the trademark owned by British Sky Broadcasting.

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Microsoft's online file storage service SkyDrive is going to have to be renamed following a court ruling that it infringes the trademark owned by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB).

SkyDrive is barely a year old but is going to have to be re-branded, at least in the UK and Europe, as a result. Thankfully the two companies have reached a sensible agreement which gives Microsoft a "reasonable period of time" for a sensible transition, rather than forcing them to switch everything off at short notice.


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