Bodolza wrote on Dec 22, 2011, 13:42:a) They're suing for trademark infringement, not copyright. Copyright has nothing to do with this.

b) They called their new tablet Transformer Prime, so they are no longer just using the generic term "transformer".

That's a good point, I'd missed the significance of the Optimus Prime connection. I'm probably the only Bluesnews regular who has never seen any Transformers stuff: TV shows, comic books, games nor films.